وما الخالُ إِلّا البدرُ في صَحنِ خَدِّها

وما الخالُ إِلّا البدرُ في صَحنِ خَدِّها

رَأَى وَجهَها تُمحى بِهِ دَولَةُ الغسَقْ

رَأَى وَجهَها تُمحى بِهِ دَولَةُ الغسَقْ

And the beauty mark is but the full moon in the expanse of her cheek.

The mole on her cheek is but the full moon in the hollow of her face

It saw her face, by which the reign of darkness is erased.

When he saw her face, it erased the cycle of darkness

تَصاغَرَ حينَ اِسوَدَّ لِلخسْفِ ساقِطاً

تَصاغَرَ حينَ اِسوَدَّ لِلخسْفِ ساقِطاً

فَخَرَّ عَلى خَدِّ الحَبيبَةِ فَاِلتَصَقْ

فَخَرَّ عَلى خَدِّ الحَبيبَةِ فَاِلتَصَقْ

It shrank when it blackened in eclipse, falling down;

It grew small when it darkened and fell, eclipsed

Then it fell upon the beloved’s cheek and clung fast.

So it fell upon the cheek of the beloved and stuck fast