وحَمْراءَ قبلَ المَزْجِ صَفْرَاءَ بَعْدَهُ

بَدَتْ بينَ ثَوبَيْ نَرْجِسٍ وشَقائقِ

Red before blending, yellow after

She appeared between narcissus robes and anemones

حَكَتْ وَجْنَةَ المَعْشُوقِ صِرْفاً فَسَلّطُوا

عليها مِزَاجاً فاكْتَسَتْ لَوْنَ عاشِقِ

She told the story of the lover's cheek artfully, so they unleashed

Upon her a temperament, and she took on the color of a lover