وَتُفَّاحَةٍ كَالْمِسْكِ طِيباً وَكَالْمُصَا

بِ طَعْماً تَرَدَّتْ بِالْعَقِيقِ وَباِلتِّبْرِ

Like an apple scented with musk, and tasting of raisins

And an apple, like musk in its fragrance, and like pure

Studded with rubies and sprinkled with ambergris

honey in its taste, draped in carnelian and gold dust;

حَكَتْ نَشْرَ مَنْ أَهْوَى وَمعْسُولَ رِيقِهِ

وَوَجْنَتَهُ الرَّيَّا وَلَوْنِي لَدَى الْهَجْرِ

It told of the charm of my beloved, and the sweetness of his saliva

It mirrors the scent of the one I love, and the honeyed nectar of their lips,

And his cheek the color of anemones, even during our estrangement

their plump, rosy cheek, and my pale hue upon estrangement.