لا يُلجِئَنَّ غَزالَ المِسك ذو حَوَرٍ

لا يُلجِئَنَّ غَزالَ المِسك ذو حَوَرٍ

نَقِيُّ خدٍّ بِهِ لِلحسنِ أَنوارُ

نَقِيُّ خدٍّ بِهِ لِلحسنِ أَنوارُ

Let no dark-eyed beauty corner the musk gazelle—

The deer's musk-scent, though pure, cannot make

Pure of cheek, with beauty's lights upon it.

A cheek whose clear complexion is its own adornment,

فَرُبّما قَد رَمى بِالمسكِ وَجنَته

فَرُبّما قَد رَمى بِالمسكِ وَجنَته

فَمِنهُ يَظهر في خَدّيْهِ آثارُ

فَمِنهُ يَظهر في خَدّيْهِ آثارُ

For perhaps it has cast musk upon his cheek,

And many a one who's flung on musk to hide his face

So traces of it appear on both his cheeks.

Betrays by his two cheeks the artifice of his endeavour