وتفاحةand an apple حمراءred صمّتkept silent بمجلسat a gathering
وتفاحة حمراء صمّت بمجلس
إلىbeside مشمشan apricot ذيpossessing صفرةyellowness اللونthe color فائقsplendid
إلى مشمش ذي صفرة اللون فائق
And a red apple kept silent at a gathering,
A red apple sitting silent in assembly
beside an apricot of splendid yellow hue,
Next to an apricot of surpassing yellow
كأنّهماas though the two of them خدّthe cheek الحبيبof the beloved مورّداrose-flushed
كأنّهما خدّ الحبيب مورّدا
أضيفَwas joined علىin وصلunion إلىto خدّthe cheek عاشقof a lover
أضيفَ على وصل إلى خدّ عاشق
as though the two were the beloved’s rose-flushed cheek
As if they were the flushed cheeks of a lover
joined in union to a lover’s cheek.
Added to the cheek of one joined in love