كَأَنَّ خَدَّيْهِ دينارانِ قَد وُزِنَا

كَأَنَّ خَدَّيْهِ دينارانِ قَد وُزِنَا

وَحَرّر الصَّيْرفيُّ الوَزْنَ وَاِحتاطا

وَحَرّر الصَّيْرفيُّ الوَزْنَ وَاِحتاطا

As though his cheeks were two dinars that had been weighed,

Her cheeks are like two gold coins precisely weighed,

And the money-changer had determined the weight precisely and taken care;

The assayer etched the weight with great care.

فَخفَّ إحداهما عَن وَزْنِ صاحِبِهِ

فَخفَّ إحداهما عَن وَزْنِ صاحِبِهِ

فَحَطَّ فوق الذي قد خفَّ قيراطا

فَحَطَّ فوق الذي قد خفَّ قيراطا

Then one was lighter than its companion,

One fell short of its companion by weight,

So he placed a carat atop the one that was lighter.

So it placed upon the lighter one a qirat.