سالَ في الخَد للحَبيبِ عِذار

سالَ في الخَد للحَبيبِ عِذار

وَهوَ لا شَكَّ سائِلٌ مَرحوم

وَهوَ لا شَكَّ سائِلٌ مَرحوم

The beloved’s first beard-down flowed along his cheek;

A line of down flowed along the beloved’s cheek;

and it is, no doubt, a suppliant shown mercy.

And it is, no doubt, a petitioner shown mercy.

وَسَألت التثامه فَتجنّى

وَسَألت التثامه فَتجنّى

فَأَنا اليَوم سائِلٌ مَحروم

فَأَنا اليَوم سائِلٌ مَحروم

I asked to kiss him, but he spurned me;

And I asked to kiss him, but he feigned offense;

so today I am a suppliant denied.

So today I am a petitioner denied.