لئنif indeed أَذْلَلْتَyou humbled خَدَّكَyour cheek وهْوwhile it was ليلٌnight
لئن أَذْلَلْتَ خَدَّكَ وهْو ليلٌ
فلِمْthen why أَعززتَyou exalted وجهكyour face وهْوwhile it was صبحُdawn
فلِمْ أَعززتَ وجهك وهْو صبحُ
If indeed you humbled your cheek while it was night,
then why did you exalt your face while it was dawn?
وكانتand there was مسْحَةٌa touch للحسنof beauty فيهin it
وكانت مسْحَةٌ للحسن فيه
فصارso there came to be منfrom العِذارthe cheek-down عليهupon it مَسحُan erasure
فصار من العِذار عليه مَسحُ
There was a touch of beauty in it,
but the cheek-down came to wipe it away.
Sol 6.1