ماnot تسرعhasten الألحاظthe glances تخطفsnatch وردهhis rose
ما تسرع الألحاظ تخطف ورده
منfrom خدهhis cheek الاعثرنexcept that they stumble بخالهِover his mole
من خده الاعثرن بخالهِ
Glances never hasten to snatch his rose
How swiftly glances steal a rose
from his cheek without stumbling over his mole.
from his cheek, made tender by his softness,
مذsince نقبوهthey veiled him وزرفنواand they fashioned into ring-clasps أصداغهhis temple-locks
مذ نقبوه وزرفنوا أصداغه
ختمواthey sealed بغاليةwith ghāliyah perfume علىupon أقفالهhis padlocks
ختموا بغالية على أقفاله
Since they veiled him and shaped his temple-locks into ring-clasps,
Since they wounded him and streamed down his cheeks,
they have sealed his padlocks with ghāliyah perfume.
they sealed it with precious seals on his locks.