شقيقةٌan anemone شقَّwas distressing علىto الوردthe rose ماwhat
شقيقةٌ شقَّ على الورد ما
قدalready مُنِحتْit was granted منof كثرةabundance الصِّبغcolor
قد مُنِحتْ من كثرة الصِّبغ
An anemone—the rose was pained by what
An anemone—the rose is troubled by what
she, the anemone, had been granted: such abundance of color.
it has been granted in such abundance of color.
كأنهاas though it were منbecause of حُسنهاits beauty وجنةٌa cheek
كأنها من حُسنها وجنةٌ
يلوحappears فيهاin it طَرَفُthe tip of الصُّدغthe sidelock
يلوح فيها طَرَفُ الصُّدغ
As though, in her beauty, she were a cheek
In its beauty, it is like a cheek
where the tip of a sidelock shows.
where the tip of a sidelock appears.
