عجبتُ لها مدحة ضاع لي

عجبتُ لها مدحة ضاع لي

شذاها وإن لم يكن في وفيْ

شذاها وإن لم يكن في وفيْ

I marveled at it—a poem of praise; lost to me

I was amazed by her praise that was lost to me

Was its fragrance, though it was not in a faithful one [wording unclear].

Its fragrance, even if it wasn't faithfully rendered

فضاعت ولكن على أوجهٍ

فضاعت ولكن على أوجهٍ

ثلاث لديَّ ومنِّي ومنْ

ثلاث لديَّ ومنِّي ومنْ

So it was lost, but in ways

It was lost but on three different faces

Three: with me, and from me, and from...

Mine, from me, and from her