1. O you who said when he saw Marji and its redness
This pasture was not more in need of kohl
١. يا قائِلاً إِذ رَأى مَرجي وَحمرتَهُ
ما كانَ أَحوَجَ هَذا المَرجَ لِلكُحُلِ
2. It is the redness of the blood of Romans I spilled
With the white swords of my early forefathers
٢. هُوَ اِحمِرارُ دِماءِ الرُوم سَيَّلَها
بِالبيضِ مَن مَرَّ مِن آبائي الأَوَلِ
3. I loved that he told of her whom I was infatuated with
In the redness of a cheek or the failing of a hope
٣. أَحبَبتُهُ أَن حَكى مَن قَد فُتِنَتُ بِهِ
في حُمرَةِ الخَدِّ أَو إِخلافِهِ أَمَلي