كلفيmy infatuation بظبيwith a gazelle صائغa goldsmith
كلفي بظبي صائغ
كالبدرlike the full moon فيin جوthe expanse of السماءthe sky
كالبدر في جو السماء
My passion is for a gazelle, a goldsmith,
Entrust me to an adorned gazelle
Like the full moon in the expanse of the sky.
Like the full moon in the sky's atmosphere
سكرgrew drunk المحبthe lover بريقهon his saliva
سكر المحب بريقه
وغداand began يموهto disguise بالطلاءwith wine (a pun on gilding)
وغدا يموه بالطلاء
The lover grew drunk on his saliva,
The lover's radiance intoxicates
And began to mask it with wine.
And in the morning camouflages with hue