لَمّاwhen رَأَتshe saw دَمعيmy tears غَداةَthe morning of وَداعِهاbidding her farewell
لَمّا رَأَت دَمعي غَداةَ وَداعِها
يَنهَلُّstreams down بَينَbetween مُعَصفَرٍsafflower-dyed وَمُوَرَّدِand rose-tinted
يَنهَلُّ بَينَ مُعَصفَرٍ وَمُوَرَّدِ
When she saw my tears the morning I bade her farewell,
Streaming between safflower-dyed and rose-tinted hues,
أَجرىmade flow عَلىover كافورِcamphor وَجنَتِهاher cheek البُكاweeping
أَجرى عَلى كافورِ وَجنَتِها البُكا
فيin ماءِwater وَردِrose الدَمعِtears سَكَّperfumed paste الإِثمَدِantimony kohl
في ماءِ وَردِ الدَمعِ سَكَّ الإِثمَدِ
Her weeping sent flowing over the camphor of her cheek
The perfumed paste of kohl, in the rosewater of tears.
فَكَأَنَّso, as though وَجنَتَهاher cheek غُلالَةُa sheer robe فَضَّةٍsilver
فَكَأَنَّ وَجنَتَها غُلالَةُ فَضَّةٍ
وَكَأَنَّand as though غُرَّتَهاher brow طِرازُan embroidered border زَبَرجَدِemerald
وَكَأَنَّ غُرَّتَها طِرازُ زَبَرجَدِ
So her cheek seemed a sheer robe of silver,
And her brow an embroidered border of emerald.
Sol 6.1