ياO مُطْلِعاًone who brings forth بصُدودهthrough his shunning فيin لِمَّتيmy locks
يا مُطْلِعاً بصُدوده في لِمَّتي
ماwhat غابvanished تحتbeneath عِذارهhis cheek-down منof خدّهhis cheek
ما غاب تحت عِذاره من خدّه
O one whose shunning brings forth in my locks
O you who rises with his cheeks in my affliction
what has vanished from his cheek beneath his down.
What has disappeared beneath its excuse from his cheek
لكyou have عارضٌa cheek أَلقىcast عليَّupon me بياضَهits whiteness
لك عارضٌ أَلقى عليَّ بياضَه
وأَغارand raided منof شعريmy hair علىupon مُسْوَدِّهits black part
وأَغار من شعري على مُسْوَدِّه
You have a cheek that cast its whiteness upon me
For you a critic who cast his whiteness upon me
and raided the black of my hair.
And was jealous of my hair over its blackness
وأَظنُّand I think خدَّكyour cheek مُذْsince تخوَّفfeared نَهْبَهits being plundered
وأَظنُّ خدَّك مُذْ تخوَّف نَهْبَه
ضَرَبerected السّياجthe fence علىaround حديقةِthe garden of وَردهits roses
ضَرَب السّياج على حديقةِ وَرده
And I think your cheek, since it feared being plundered,
And I think since your cheek feared its plunder
has set a fence around the garden of its roses.
It has set a fence over the garden of its roses
Sol 6.1