أَلوانُ ياقوتٍ يُريكَ حُسنَها

أَلوانُ ياقوتٍ يُريكَ حُسنَها

أَلوانَ ياقوتٍ زَها في عِقدِهِ

أَلوانَ ياقوتٍ زَها في عِقدِهِ

Yaqut's hues—their beauty shows you

The colors of ruby show you their beauty

The hues of rubies gleaming in his necklace.

The colors of ruby glow in its necklace

يا حُسنَها في كَفِّ مَن يُشبِهُها

يا حُسنَها في كَفِّ مَن يُشبِهُها

فَاِنظُر إِلى النَدِّ بِكَفِّ نَدِّهِ

فَاِنظُر إِلى النَدِّ بِكَفِّ نَدِّهِ

How lovely they are in the palm of one who resembles them!

O its beauty in the palm of one who resembles it

So behold a peer in the palm of its peer:

So look at the beloved with the palm of his beloved

مِن أَشهَلٍ كَعَينِهِ وَأَبيَضٍ

مِن أَشهَلٍ كَعَينِهِ وَأَبيَضٍ

كَثَغرِهِ وَأَحمَرٍ كَخَدِّهِ

كَثَغرِهِ وَأَحمَرٍ كَخَدِّهِ

Among them, a blue-gray one like his eye, and a white one

Of ash-colored like his eyes and white

Like his teeth, and a red one like his cheek,

Like his lips and red like his cheek

وَأَصفَرٍ مِثلَ صَريعِ حُبِّهِ

وَأَصفَرٍ مِثلَ صَريعِ حُبِّهِ

إِذا تَغَشّاهُ غَواشي صَدِّهِ

إِذا تَغَشّاهُ غَواشي صَدِّهِ

And a yellow one like one laid low by love for him,

And yellow like the pendant of his love

When the veils of his rejection envelop him.

When the coquetries of his cheek cover it