أَبْيَضُwhite-skinned وَاصْفَرَّand he turned yellow لاعْتِلالٍfrom illness
أَبْيَضُ وَاصْفَرَّ لاعْتِلالٍ
فَصَارَso he became كالنَّرْجِسِlike the narcissus المُضَعَّفْdouble-flowered
فَصَارَ كالنَّرْجِسِ المُضَعَّفْ
White-skinned, he turned yellow from illness,
White and yellow, not from sickness
So he became like a double-flowered narcissus.
It became like layered narcissi
كأَنَّas though نِسْرينَwhite roses وَجْنَتَيهِhis two cheeks
كأَنَّ نِسْرينَ وَجْنَتَيهِ
بِشَعْرِin the hair of أَصْداغِهِhis temples مُغَلَّفْwrapped
بِشَعْرِ أَصْداغِهِ مُغَلَّفْ
As though the white roses of his cheeks
As if his temples and his cheeks
Were wrapped in the hair of his temples.
Were wrapped in his sideburns' hair
يَرْشَحُexudes مِنْهُfrom him الجَبينُthe brow ماءًwater
يَرْشَحُ مِنْهُ الجَبينُ ماءً
كأَنَّهُas though it were لُؤْلُؤٌpearls مُنَصَّفْcut in half
كأَنَّهُ لُؤْلُؤٌ مُنَصَّفْ
His brow exudes water,
Water drips from his brow
As though it were pearls cut in half.
As if it were halved pearls
Sol 6.1