هَمَّتْ عِذاراهُ بِتَقْبيلِهِ

فاسْتَلَّ مِنْ عَيْنَيْهِ سَيْفَيْنِ

She prepared to kiss him

So he unsheathed his twin swords from his eyes

فَذَلِكَ الْمُحْمَرُّ مِنْ خَدِّهِ

دَمٌ جَرى بَيْنَ الْفَريقيْنِ

Thus the blush on his cheek

Is blood that flowed between the lovers