كم ذي جلدٍ حشاه بالوجد حشا

كم ذي جلدٍ حشاه بالوجد حشا

من طرز بالعذار خداً ووشى

من طرز بالعذار خداً ووشى

How many a steadfast man's heart he has filled with longing—

How much patience has adorned him with passion

He who embroidered a cheek with down and adorned it!

Who has embroidered a cheek and cheekbone

سطرا شعرٍ كلاهما منذ نشا

سطرا شعرٍ كلاهما منذ نشا

بالمسك على حديق وردٍ نقشا

بالمسك على حديق وردٍ نقشا

Two lines of hair—both, since they appeared,

With a line of poetry, both, since he began

Have been inscribed in musk upon a garden of roses.

With musk, on a garden of roses drawn