بنفسيI would ransom with my life خدهhis cheek المحمرreddened أضحتhas come to be
بنفسي خده المحمر أضحت
عليهupon it شامةٌa mole شرطthe mark of المحبهlove
عليه شامةٌ شرط المحبه
My life for his reddened cheek! Now there is
Upon it a mole, the mark of love.
كأنas though الحسنBeauty يعشقهloves him قديماًlong ago
كأن الحسن يعشقه قديماً
فنقطهso he tipped him (also: dotted him) بدينارwith a dinar وحبهand a grain
فنقطه بدينار وحبه
As though Beauty had loved him long ago,
And tipped him with a dinar and a grain.