أناI أهوىlove ذاone with عذارٍcheek-down وجههُhis face
أنا أهوى ذا عذارٍ وجههُ
قمرٌa moon منfrom خجلٍbashfulness فيin شفقِtwilight glow
قمرٌ من خجلٍ في شفقِ
I love one with downy cheeks, whose face
I love that bashful face
is a moon in the twilight glow of bashfulness.
A moon of shyness in the sunset glow
رقمتembroidered ديباجةَthe brocade الصبحdawn يدُthe hand
رقمت ديباجةَ الصبح يدُ
الحسنbeauty فيهشso he smiles بخيوطwith threads الغسقdusk
الحسن فيهش بخيوط الغسق
Dawn’s brocade was embroidered by the hand
The hand of beauty embroidered the robe of dawn
of beauty; so he beams with threads of dusk.
With threads of dusk woven to and fro
وسقىand watered وجنتهُhis cheek ماءwater الصّباyouth
وسقى وجنتهُ ماء الصّبا
فبداso appeared الوردthe rose خلالamong الورقthe leaves
فبدا الورد خلال الورق
And the water of youth watered his cheek,
The dawn rain watered his garden
so the rose appeared among the leaves.
So roses bloomed amid the leaves below