كَمhow often جِئنَthey came فَصرَّحنَthen they spoke plainly لَدىat تَعريضِa hint
كَم جِئنَ فَصرَّحنَ لَدى تَعريضِ
أَيّامin days when يرينَthey saw fit فيin الهَوىlove تَحريضيurging me
أَيّام يرينَ في الهَوى تَحريضي
How often they came and spoke plainly in response to a hint,
in days when they saw fit to stir me to love.
شَفَّعنthey accepted as intercessors عَلىconcerning سَوادِthe blackness of وَجهٍa face لِمَميmy locks
شَفَّعن عَلى سَوادِ وَجهٍ لِمَمي
إِذsince وافَقَmatched صِبغُهاtheir hue قُلوبَthe hearts of البيضِthe fair-skinned women
إِذ وافَقَ صِبغُها قُلوبَ البيضِ
They let my locks intercede for my face’s blackness,
since their hue matched the hearts of the fair-skinned women.
Sol 6.1