وَأَهْيَفَ فَاقَ الوَرْدَ حُسْناً بِوَجْنَةٍ

وَأَهْيَفَ فَاقَ الوَرْدَ حُسْناً بِوَجْنَةٍ

أُنَزِّهُ طَرْفي في رِياضِ جِنَابِهَا

أُنَزِّهُ طَرْفي في رِياضِ جِنَابِهَا

And a slender youth surpassed the rose in beauty with his cheek;

He excelled the roses in beauty with his cheek

I let my gaze roam in the gardens surrounding it.

I delight my eyes in the gardens of his face

كَأَنَّ بِهَا مِنْ حَوْلِ خَالَيْهِ جَمْرَةٌ

كَأَنَّ بِهَا مِنْ حَوْلِ خَالَيْهِ جَمْرَةٌ

تُشَبُّ لِمَقْرُوريْنِ يَصْطَلِيانِهَا

تُشَبُّ لِمَقْرُوريْنِ يَصْطَلِيانِهَا

As though an ember lay upon it, around his two moles,

As if around his moles there is a ember

Kindled for two chilled ones who warm themselves by it.

That yearns for two imprisoned ones warming by it