بَداappeared لَناto us الخالthe mole فيin وَرديّthe rose-pink of وَجنتهhis cheek
بَدا لَنا الخال في وَرديّ وَجنته
ما(emphatic particle) بَينamong رَيحانbasil زاهيradiant خَدّهhis cheek النَضرِfresh
ما بَين رَيحان زاهي خَدّه النَضرِ
The mole appeared to us in the rose-pink of his cheek,
The cheek's green mole in his rosy garden appeared
Amid the basil of his radiant, fresh cheek.
Among the blooming sweet basil's tender greens
فَقالso he said قُلsay فيof جَماليmy beauty ياO مُؤرّخهits chronicler
فَقال قُل في جَمالي يا مُؤرّخه
أَرىI see بِلالBilal يراعيwatching for الفَجرthe dawn فيin السحرِthe predawn hours
أَرى بِلال يراعي الفَجر في السحرِ
Then he said: Say of my beauty, O its chronicler,
He said, "Speak of my beauty, chronicler"
“I see Bilal watching for dawn in the predawn hours.”
Methinks at dawn Bilal tends to the daybreak sheen
Sol 6.1