لهاshe has جبهةa forehead فيهاin it سطوحrooftops of نصيفِNaṣīf
لها جبهة فيها سطوح نصيفِ
وصدغand a sidelock لهاof hers غالoverpriced بنصفat half رغيفِa loaf
وصدغ لها غال بنصف رغيفِ
She has a forehead vast as Naṣīf’s roof terraces,
She has a forehead that holds Naṣīf’s rooftops,
and even half a loaf is too dear a price for her temple.
and her sidelock is overpriced at half a loaf.
كأنas though بقاياremnants of المسكthe musk فيon صحنthe surface of خدهاher cheek
كأن بقايا المسك في صحن خدها
بقاياremnants of سمادmanure فيon جدارthe wall of كنيفa privy
بقايا سماد في جدار كنيف
The traces of musk upon the broad expanse of her cheek seem
As though the remnants of musk on the surface of her cheek
like scraps of dung on the wall of a privy.
were remnants of manure on a privy wall.
Sol 6.1