وطيِّبِand sweet الريقِthe saliva عذبluscious آبَreturned فيin آبِAugust
وطيِّبِ الريقِ عذب آبَ في آبِ
وزارand visited مُشتَمِلاًwrapped up فيin زيّgarb أعرابِBedouins
وزار مُشتَمِلاً في زيّ أعرابِ
And a luscious one, sweet of saliva, returned in August,
With fresh and sweet saliva in the month of August
and visited, wrapped in Bedouin garb.
He came dressed like a Bedouin
مُخَمّلِvelvet-covered الثوبِthe robe لمdid not تَخمُلlose distinction رئاستهُhis preeminence
مُخَمّلِ الثوبِ لم تَخمُل رئاستهُ
بينamong الفواكهِthe fruits منfrom نَقصٍdeficiency ولاnor عابِblemish
بين الفواكهِ من نَقصٍ ولا عابِ
Velvet-robed, his preeminence never waned
Wearing an embroidered garment, his leadership was not pretentious
among fruits through any deficiency or blemish.
Among fruits without any defect or blemish
خالستُهُI watched him furtively نظريmy gaze فاحمرَّso turned red منfrom خجلٍshyness
خالستُهُ نظري فاحمرَّ من خجلٍ
خَدّاهُhis two cheeks ثمthen انثنىturned away عنيfrom me كمرتابِlike one in doubt
خَدّاهُ ثم انثنى عني كمرتابِ
I stole a glance at him, and red with shyness grew
I stared at him, so he blushed with shyness
his cheeks; then he turned away from me like one in doubt.
He smiled, then turned away from me hesitantly
منone whose اسمهhis name فيهwithin him مَقلوباًreversed ومُبتدئاًand from the beginning
من اسمه فيه مَقلوباً ومُبتدئاً
أربىexcelled علىover اللوزthe almond فيin تطريزembroidering جلبابa cloak
أربى على اللوز في تطريز جلباب
One whose name lies within him, read backward and forward,
His name, when reversed, begins with the letter 'A'
outdid the almond in the embroidery of a cloak.
The number of almonds on his robe's embroidery
Sol 6.1