تَرى فَوقَها نَمَشاً لِلمِزاجِ

تَرى فَوقَها نَمَشاً لِلمِزاجِ

تَقارَبُ لا تَتَّصِلنَ اِتِّصالا

تَقارَبُ لا تَتَّصِلنَ اِتِّصالا

You see upon it speckles from the mixing,

You see above it a subtlety of mood

drawing close, but not joining together,

Approaches not joined in continuity

كَوَجهِ العَروسِ إِذا خَطَّطَت

كَوَجهِ العَروسِ إِذا خَطَّطَت

عَلى كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ مِنهُ خالا

عَلى كُلِّ ناحِيَةٍ مِنهُ خالا

like a bride’s face when she has painted

Like the face of a bride when she is tattooed

a beauty spot on each side of it.

With a beauty spot on every side