مُكَحَّلٌkohled بِالدَّعَجِwith deep eye-blackness
مُكَحَّلٌ بِالدَّعَجِ
مُنَقَّبٌveiled بِالغَنَجِwith coquetry
مُنَقَّبٌ بِالغَنَجِ
Naturally kohl-lined with deep-eyed darkness,
Kohled with his eyes' deep blackness,
veiled in coquettish grace,
Veiled in coquetry,
مُعَصْفَرُsafflower-dyed التُّفّاحِthe apples فيin
مُعَصْفَرُ التُّفّاحِ في
خَدِa cheek مَليحِlovely الضَّرَجِthe red tint
خَدِ مَليحِ الضَّرَجِ
his apple-cheek safflower-tinted upon
With safflower-dyed apples upon
the cheek of a beauty, crimson-flushed.
A cheek of lovely blush.
جَمَّشَهُcaressed him الشَّعْرُthe hair وماand not
جَمَّشَهُ الشَّعْرُ وما
ذاكَthat لِطولِbecause of the length of الحُجَجِthe years
ذاكَ لِطولِ الحُجَجِ
The hair has caressed him—yet
Hair has caressed him, yet not
that is not from long years;
Because of the length of years;
وإِنَّماand rather عَارِضُهُhis cheek-down
وإِنَّما عَارِضُهُ
شَنَّفَهُadorned him with earrings بالسَّبَجِwith jet
شَنَّفَهُ بالسَّبَجِ
it is only that his side-whisker
Rather, the down on his cheek
has decked him with earrings of jet.
Has adorned him with jet earrings.
