1. When the mirror described your face, my eyes were certain
That in you I had become but a mirage.
١. لَما صفت مِرآة وَجهك أَيقَنَت
عَينايَ إِني عُدتُ فيكَ خَيالا
2. And I thought my lashes against your face a rebel,
And considered my being but a mole on your cheek.
٢. وَظَنَنتُ أَهدابي بِوَجهِكَ عارِضاً
وَحَسبت إِنساني بِخَدك خالا