1. وَلَمّا بَدا خَطٌّ بِخَدِّ مُعَذِّبي

    كَظُلمَةِ لَيلٍ في ضِياءِ نَهارِ

    And when a line of down appeared on my tormentor’s cheek,

    like night’s darkness in the light of day,

  2. خَلَعتُ عِذاري في هَواهُ وَلَم أَزَل

    خَليعَ عِذارٍ في جَديدِ عِذارِ

    I cast off my bridle in love for him, and have remained

    unbridled amid his newly grown cheek-down.