ورُبَّand many a سوسنَةٍlily قبلتُهاI kissed it كَلفاًin ardent love
ورُبَّ سوسنَةٍ قبلتُها كَلفاً
ومآلهاand its fate غيرُother than نَشرِthe fragrance of المِسكِmusk منشوقِinhaled
ومآلها غيرُ نَشرِ المِسكِ منشوقِ
And many a lily have I kissed in ardent love,
Many a lily I have kissed feigning love
And its fate is other than musk's inhaled fragrance.
Yet their fate was naught but the scattering of musk
مُصفرّةِyellow الوسطِthe center مَبيَضٌwhite جوانبُهاits sides
مُصفرّةِ الوسطِ مَبيَضٌ جوانبُها
كأنّهاas though it were عاشقُa lover فيin حِجرِthe lap of معشُوقِa beloved
كأنّها عاشقُ في حِجرِ معشُوقِ
Yellow at the center, white along its sides,
Yellow at the center, white at the edges
As though it were a lover in a beloved's lap.
As though a lover in the embrace of the beloved
Sol 6.1