حمىhe guarded ثغراًa mouth بخالٍwith a mole عنبريٍّambergris-scented
حمى ثغراً بخالٍ عنبريٍّ
يقولit says وقدand already تزايَدhas intensified ضوعthe wafting of نشرfragrance
يقول وقد تزايَد ضوع نشر
He guarded a mouth with an ambergris-scented mole,
The fever inflamed a cheek of ambergris fragrance
Which says, as the waft of fragrance has intensified:
It says, as the radiance of its splendor intensified:
أضاعونِيthey have squandered me وأيّand what a فتىًyoung man أضاعواthey have squandered
أضاعونِي وأيّ فتىً أضاعوا
ليومfor a day of كريهةٍbattle وسدادand the guarding of ثغرa frontier
ليوم كريهةٍ وسداد ثغر
“They have squandered me—and what a youth they have squandered—
"They lost me, and what an excellent youth they lost!
For a day of battle and the guarding of a frontier!”
For an awful day and barricading of an opening."