فديتُ مسافِراً ركِبَ الفيافي

فديتُ مسافِراً ركِبَ الفيافي

وأَثَّرَ في محاسِنِهِ السِّفارُ

وأَثَّرَ في محاسِنِهِ السِّفارُ

I would give my life for a traveler who traversed the wastelands;

I ransom a traveler who rode the howdahs

and travel left its mark upon his beauty.

And left his mark on their beautiful trappings

فمسَّكَ وردَ خدَّيهِ السَّوافي

فمسَّكَ وردَ خدَّيهِ السَّوافي

وعَنْبَر مِسْكَ صدغَيْهِ الغبارُ

وعَنْبَر مِسْكَ صدغَيْهِ الغبارُ

So the dust-bearing winds perfumed the roses of his cheeks with musk,

Who held a rose to his cheeks in farewell

and dust perfumed the musk of his temples with ambergris.

And the dust was ambergris on his temples