قُرنفُلةً حمراءَ أهدى ابنُ سُودةٍ

قُرنفُلةً حمراءَ أهدى ابنُ سُودةٍ

كَوَجنتَِهِ حمراءَ طَيِّبَةَ النَّشرِ

كَوَجنتَِهِ حمراءَ طَيِّبَةَ النَّشرِ

Ibn Sawda gave a red carnation—

Ibn Suda gave a red carnation,

red as his cheek, and sweetly fragrant;

Red like his cheek, sweetly fragrant.

ومبسِمُه الدِّرّي تَأرَّجَ عِطرُهُ

ومبسِمُه الدِّرّي تَأرَّجَ عِطرُهُ

ولم ترَ من دُرٍّ تَنَفسَّ عَن عِطِر

ولم ترَ من دُرٍّ تَنَفسَّ عَن عِطِر

and his pearly smiling mouth—its perfume wafted.

And the perfume of his pearly smiling mouth wafted forth;

Never have you seen a pearl breathe forth perfume.

And you have never seen pearls breathe out perfume.

فَهاجَ بهَا مَا كانَ في القَلبِ كَامِناً

فَهاجَ بهَا مَا كانَ في القَلبِ كَامِناً

وأضرمَ في الأحشاءِ مُتَّقَد الجَمرِ

وأضرمَ في الأحشاءِ مُتَّقَد الجَمرِ

At it, what had lain hidden in the heart surged up,

So what lay hidden in the heart was stirred by it,

and kindled within the vitals the glow of embers.

And kindled the embers' blaze in the innermost depths.