قَبَّلتُه خلسةً من عين راقبه

قَبَّلتُه خلسةً من عين راقبه

وَمَسَّ ما مَس من ثغري مُشَنَّفُهُ

وَمَسَّ ما مَس من ثغري مُشَنَّفُهُ

I kissed him furtively, out of his watcher's sight.

I kissed him stealthily away from the watcher's eye,

And his earring brushed against my lips.

And he sensed what my yearning lips had sensed.

فأحمرَّ من خَجَلٍ واصفرَّ من وجَلٍ

فأحمرَّ من خَجَلٍ واصفرَّ من وجَلٍ

وحيرةُ الحسن بين الحسن أطرَفُهُ

وحيرةُ الحسن بين الحسن أطرَفُهُ

So he turned red with embarrassment and yellow with fear.

He blushed from shyness and paled from apprehension,

And beauty's bewilderment between beauties is its most charming aspect.

While the beauty of the beautiful was most charming in its perplexity.