1. إن صدغ الحبيب والفم والعا

    رض منه واو وصاد ولام

    Indeed, the beloved’s temple-lock, his mouth, and his cheek-

    down are wāw, ṣād, and lām.

  2. هي وصل بين المحاسن لما

    تم حسنا وبالعذار التمام

    They spell waṣl—“union”—among his charms, now that

    he is perfect in beauty, and his cheek-down completes that perfection.

  3. غير أنى أراه وصل وداع

    فيه يقضى فراقنا والسلام

    Yet I see it as a union of farewell,

    in which our parting is decreed—and farewell.