بَداappeared فيin سَماءِthe sky of الحُسنِbeauty خالٌa mole بِوَجهِهِon his face
بَدا في سَماءِ الحُسنِ خالٌ بِوَجهِهِ
يَلوحُgleams بِأُفقِon the horizon of الخَدِّthe cheek كَالكَوكَبِlike the star الدُرِّيpearl-bright
يَلوحُ بِأُفقِ الخَدِّ كَالكَوكَبِ الدُرِّي
In beauty's sky, a mole appeared upon his face,
A beauty mark appeared in the sky of beauty
Gleaming on the cheek's horizon like a pearl-bright star.
Shining on the horizon of the cheek like a bright star
أَضاءَتshone عَلَيهِupon it طُرّةُthe forelock of الصُبحِmorning فَاِختَفىand so vanished
أَضاءَت عَلَيهِ طُرّةُ الصُبحِ فَاِختَفى
بِهاbecause of it الكَوكَبُthe star الوَضّاحُbrilliant فيin غُرّةِthe first light of الفَجرِdawn
بِها الكَوكَبُ الوَضّاحُ في غُرّةِ الفَجرِ
Morning's forelock shone upon it, and so vanished
The light of dawn shone upon it and so it disappeared
In its radiance the brilliant star, at dawn's first light.
That brilliant star in the darkness before dawn