فاضoverflowed ماءwater الجمالbeauty فيin الأقطارthe lands
فاض ماء الجمال في الأقطار
كلevery بدرfull moon مطرزembroidered بعذارِwith cheek-down
كل بدر مطرز بعذارِ
Beauty’s water has overflowed throughout the lands;
Beauty's water has overflowed throughout the lands.
every full moon, embroidered with a side-lock,
Every full moon is embroidered with cheek-down.
قدindeed أراناhe showed us عقاربscorpions الشعرthe hair منfrom خدّcheek (continued in the next line)
قد أرانا عقارب الشعر من خدّ
يهhis two (completing 'his two cheeks') تأويtake refuge مكامنhiding places الجلنارpomegranate blossoms
يه تأوي مكامن الجلنار
has shown us the scorpions of hair
He has shown us hair's scorpions upon his two cheeks,
on his two cheeks, nesting in the pomegranate blossom’s hidden folds.
taking refuge in the recesses of pomegranate blossoms.
