وَمُعَذَّرِينَand youths with budding sideburns أرَوْكَshowed you فِيon وَجَنَاتِهِمْtheir cheeks
وَمُعَذَّرِينَ أرَوْكَ فِي وَجَنَاتِهِمْ
آسًاmyrtle تَنَمْنَمَformed fine patterns فَوْقَupon خَدٍّa cheek أحْمَرِred
آسًا تَنَمْنَمَ فَوْقَ خَدٍّ أحْمَرِ
And youths with budding sideburns showed you on their cheeks
And they apologize, I saw them in their gardens
myrtle finely patterned upon a crimson cheek.
A myrtle that sways above a red cheek
سَلُّواthey drew السّيُوفَthe swords مِنَfrom الجُفُونِthe eyelids (also scabbards) وَصَيَّرُواand fashioned
سَلُّوا السّيُوفَ مِنَ الجُفُونِ وَصَيَّرُوا
بَدَلَin place of النِّجَادِthe sword-belt حَمَائِلاًbaldrics مِنْof عَنْبَرِambergris
بَدَلَ النِّجَادِ حَمَائِلاً مِنْ عَنْبَرِ
They drew swords from their eyelids and fashioned,
They drew out swords from their sheaths and made
in place of sword-belts, baldrics of ambergris.
Instead of necklaces, amber rosaries
Sol 6.1