ذاتُa woman with خدٍّa cheek يكادُalmost يُدْميهmakes it bleed وَهْمٌa mere thought
ذاتُ خدٍّ يكادُ يُدْميه وَهْمٌ
منfrom مشيرٍsomeone gesturing بالجدِّin earnest أوor بالمزاحِin jest
من مشيرٍ بالجدِّ أو بالمزاحِ
She has a cheek that almost bleeds at the mere thought
A cheek almost bruised by constant worry
of someone gesturing in earnest or in jest.
Of an advisor serious or joking
فيin بياضٍwhiteness وحمرةٍand redness فكأنْso it is as though قدhas (marking completion)
في بياضٍ وحمرةٍ فكأنْ قد
صِيغَwas fashioned حسناًbeautifully منfrom ماءِwater مُزْنٍrain clouds وراحand wine
صِيغَ حسناً من ماءِ مُزْنٍ وراح
In its whiteness and redness, it seems to have been
In such whiteness and redness as though
beautifully fashioned from rain-cloud water and wine.
Beauty itself was molded from camphor and perfume
Sol 6.1