عَلى وَجناتِهِ قَد لاحَ آسٌ

عَلى وَجناتِهِ قَد لاحَ آسٌ

وَرَيحانٌ لَقَد أَعلى جَمالَه

وَرَيحانٌ لَقَد أَعلى جَمالَه

Upon his cheeks, myrtle has indeed appeared,

Upon his cheeks appeared a trace of love sickness

And sweet basil has indeed enhanced his beauty.

And sweet basil, it raised its beauty high

وَذا مِسكُ العذارِ بِوَجنَتَيهِ

وَذا مِسكُ العذارِ بِوَجنَتَيهِ

فَها أَرِّخ حَكى مِسكَ الغَزالَه

فَها أَرِّخ حَكى مِسكَ الغَزالَه

And this is the musk of the cheek-down upon his two cheeks;

And that musk on his cheeks with its two gardens

So behold—record the date: ‘It resembled the gazelle’s musk.’

So I describe the musk of the gazelle