لحبيبي شامةٌ في خدِّهِ

لحبيبي شامةٌ في خدِّهِ

لا علا شأنُ حسودٍ شانَها

لا علا شأنُ حسودٍ شانَها

My beloved has a beauty spot on his cheek.

My beloved has a mole on his cheek

May the standing of an envier who disparaged it never rise.

Let not the envious exalt over it

رُبَّ عينٍ دهشتْ وقدْ

رُبَّ عينٍ دهشتْ وقدْ

نسيتُ في خدِّهِ إنسانَها

نسيتُ في خدِّهِ إنسانَها

Many an eye was dazzled, and indeed

Many an eye has been dazzled

I forgot its pupil on his cheek.

I forgot in his cheek its humanness