عَلى وَردِ خَدَّيهِ السنِيِّ تَصوّرَت

عَلى وَردِ خَدَّيهِ السنِيِّ تَصوّرَت

جَمالاً عُيونُ العاشِقين رواقَا

جَمالاً عُيونُ العاشِقين رواقَا

Upon the radiant rose of his cheeks there took shape,

Over the radiant roses of his cheeks, there took shape

in beauty, the lovers’ eyes as an arcade—

the lovers’ eyes—a canopy of beauty;

كَما أَنّها مِن شِدّةِ الحبّ وَالهَوى

كَما أَنّها مِن شِدّةِ الحبّ وَالهَوى

على خَصرِهِ المَنحول دارَت نِطاقا

على خَصرِهِ المَنحول دارَت نِطاقا

just as, through the intensity of love and longing,

just as, from the intensity of love and passion,

they circled his slender waist as a girdle.

they circled his slender waist like a girdle.