خَدٌّa cheek سوادُblackness الصُّدْغِthe temple-lock منfrom فوقهِabove it
خَدٌّ سوادُ الصُّدْغِ من فوقهِ
قدalready صبغتْهُdyed it يدُthe hand صبَّاغِهِof its dyer
قد صبغتْهُ يدُ صبَّاغِهِ
A cheek, with the temple-lock's blackness above it,
The dark-skinned beauty's cheek tinted
has been dyed by its dyer's hand.
By the dyer's hand from above
ياO عجباًwhat a wonder للجَمْرِat the embers منfrom خدِّهِhis cheek
يا عجباً للجَمْرِ من خدِّهِ
لمdid not تشتعلْcatch fire فيin مِسْكِthe musk أصداغِهِhis temple-locks
لم تشتعلْ في مِسْكِ أصداغِهِ
How strange that the embers of his cheek
What a wonder the embers on his cheek
have not caught fire amid the musk of his temple-locks!
Didn't ignite his musk perfume