صل بخدي خديك تلق عجيباً

صل بخدي خديك تلق عجيباً

من معانٍ يحارُ فيها الضميرُ

من معانٍ يحارُ فيها الضميرُ

Join your two cheeks to my cheek, and you will find a wonder

Join your cheeks to mine, and you will find something wondrous

of meanings before which the mind stands bewildered.

in meanings that bewilder the mind.

فبخديك للربيع رياضٌ

فبخديك للربيع رياضٌ

وبخديَّ للدموع غديرُ

وبخديَّ للدموع غديرُ

For in your cheeks spring has gardens,

For on your cheeks are gardens of spring,

while in my cheeks tears have a secluded chamber.

and on my cheeks is a pool of tears.