وَتُفَّاحَةٍ كَالْمِسْكِ طِيباً وَكَالْمُصَا

وَتُفَّاحَةٍ كَالْمِسْكِ طِيباً وَكَالْمُصَا

بِ طَعْماً تَرَدَّتْ بِالْعَقِيقِ وَباِلتِّبْرِ

بِ طَعْماً تَرَدَّتْ بِالْعَقِيقِ وَباِلتِّبْرِ

And an apple, like musk in fragrance and like honey

Like an apple scented with musk, and tasting of raisins

And an apple, like musk in its fragrance, and like pure

in taste, cloaked in carnelian and gold.

Studded with rubies and sprinkled with ambergris

honey in its taste, draped in carnelian and gold dust;

حَكَتْ نَشْرَ مَنْ أَهْوَى وَمعْسُولَ رِيقِهِ

حَكَتْ نَشْرَ مَنْ أَهْوَى وَمعْسُولَ رِيقِهِ

وَوَجْنَتَهُ الرَّيَّا وَلَوْنِي لَدَى الْهَجْرِ

وَوَجْنَتَهُ الرَّيَّا وَلَوْنِي لَدَى الْهَجْرِ

It mirrored the fragrance of the one I love and his honeyed saliva,

It told of the charm of my beloved, and the sweetness of his saliva

It mirrors the scent of the one I love, and the honeyed nectar of their lips,

and his plump cheek, and my hue during separation.

And his cheek the color of anemones, even during our estrangement

their plump, rosy cheek, and my pale hue upon estrangement.