مُكَحَّلٌ بِالدَّعَجِ

مُكَحَّلٌ بِالدَّعَجِ

مُنَقَّبٌ بِالغَنَجِ

مُنَقَّبٌ بِالغَنَجِ

Naturally kohl-lined with deep-eyed darkness,

Kohled with his eyes' deep blackness,

veiled in coquettish grace,

Veiled in coquetry,

مُعَصْفَرُ التُّفّاحِ في

مُعَصْفَرُ التُّفّاحِ في

خَدِ مَليحِ الضَّرَجِ

خَدِ مَليحِ الضَّرَجِ

his apple-cheek safflower-tinted upon

With safflower-dyed apples upon

the cheek of a beauty, crimson-flushed.

A cheek of lovely blush.

جَمَّشَهُ الشَّعْرُ وما

جَمَّشَهُ الشَّعْرُ وما

ذاكَ لِطولِ الحُجَجِ

ذاكَ لِطولِ الحُجَجِ

The hair has caressed him—yet

Hair has caressed him, yet not

that is not from long years;

Because of the length of years;

وإِنَّما عَارِضُهُ

وإِنَّما عَارِضُهُ

شَنَّفَهُ بالسَّبَجِ

شَنَّفَهُ بالسَّبَجِ

it is only that his side-whisker

Rather, the down on his cheek

has decked him with earrings of jet.

Has adorned him with jet earrings.