ذوات خال خدها مشرق

ذوات خال خدها مشرق

نورا كركن الحجر الأسود

نورا كركن الحجر الأسود

She bears a beauty mark; her cheek shines

Mole-bearing women—her cheek shines

with light, like the corner of the Black Stone.

with light, like the corner of the Black Stone.

كعبة حسن ولها برقع

كعبة حسن ولها برقع

من الحرير المحض والعسجد

من الحرير المحض والعسجد

A Kaaba of beauty, she has a veil

A Kaaba of beauty, she has a face veil

of pure silk and gold.

of pure silk and gold.

قد أكسبت كل امرئ فتنة

قد أكسبت كل امرئ فتنة

حتى إمام الحي والمسجد

حتى إمام الحي والمسجد

She has cast every man into temptation,

She has brought temptation to every man,

even the imam of the community and the mosque.

even the imam of the neighborhood and the mosque.

كم هام إذ شاهدها جاهل

كم هام إذ شاهدها جاهل

بل هام فيها عالم المشهد

بل هام فيها عالم المشهد

How many an ignorant man, beholding her, was love-struck—

Many an ignorant man has lost his heart on seeing her;

indeed, even the scholar of the shrine was smitten with her.

nay, the scholar of the shrine has lost his heart to her.