وضرب من الحلوى أكني عن اسمه

وضرب من الحلوى أكني عن اسمه

لوجدي بمن يعزى اليه وينسب

لوجدي بمن يعزى اليه وينسب

And a kind of confection—I veil its name

And a kind of sweet whose name I veil in allusion,

for love of the one to whom it is traced and ascribed.

because of my longing for the one to whom it is attributed and ascribed.

يصدق معناه اسمه فكأنه

يصدق معناه اسمه فكأنه

بنان بأطراف البنات مخضب

بنان بأطراف البنات مخضب

Its name bears out its meaning, as though it were

Its meaning bears out its name, as though it were

maidens’ fingers, their tips henna-dyed.

dye-stained fingertips on maidens’ hands.