إن الذي استحسنت فيه خلاعتي

إن الذي استحسنت فيه خلاعتي

وأطعت فيه تنسكي وتحرجي

وأطعت فيه تنسكي وتحرجي

Indeed, the one in whom I found my wantonness pleasing,

The one whom I adorned with my skirt,

And in whom I obeyed my piety and my scruples,

And obeyed in my devotion and shyness,

زين المناطق والشنوف وزينة ال

زين المناطق والشنوف وزينة ال

خلخال ان حليتها والدملج

خلخال ان حليتها والدملج

Is the adornment of girdles and earrings, and the ornament of the

The beauty of waistbands and sashes, and the adornment of

Anklet—if you adorn her—and the armlet.

Anklets if their tinkling and finery,

شبهت حمرة خده وعذاره

شبهت حمرة خده وعذاره

بنقاب ورد معلم ببنفسج

بنقاب ورد معلم ببنفسج

I likened his cheek’s redness and his cheek-down

The blush of his cheek and his whiteness

To a veil of roses patterned with violets.

Resembled a veil of pink rose decorated with violet.