وَالزَعفَرانُand saffron عَلىupon تَرائِبِهاher breastbones
وَالزَعفَرانُ عَلى تَرائِبِها
شَرَقاًsuffused بِهِwith it اللَبّاتُthe hollows at the throat’s base وَالنَحرُand the upper chest
شَرَقاً بِهِ اللَبّاتُ وَالنَحرُ
And saffron upon her breastbones,
Roses and saffron grow on their terraces
Her throat-hollows and upper chest suffused with it.
Spreading eastward, perfuming lips and skin