إنإن: indeed الذيالذي: the one whom استحسنتاستحسنت: I found pleasing فيهفيه: in him خلاعتيخلاعتي: my wantonness
إن الذي استحسنت فيه خلاعتي
وأطعتوأطعت: and I obeyed فيهفيه: in him تنسكيتنسكي: my religious devotion وتحرجيوتحرجي: and my avoidance of sin
وأطعت فيه تنسكي وتحرجي
Indeed, the one in whom I found my wantonness pleasing,
The one whom I adorned with my skirt,
And in whom I obeyed my piety and my scruples,
And obeyed in my devotion and shyness,
زينزين: adornment المناطقالمناطق: the girdles والشنوفوالشنوف: and the earrings وزينةوزينة: and the ornament الال: the
زين المناطق والشنوف وزينة ال
خلخالخلخال: anklet انان: if حليتهاحليتها: you adorned her والدملجوالدملج: and the armlet
خلخال ان حليتها والدملج
Is the adornment of girdles and earrings, and the ornament of the
The beauty of waistbands and sashes, and the adornment of
Anklet—if you adorn her—and the armlet.
Anklets if their tinkling and finery,
شبهتشبهت: I likened حمرةحمرة: redness خدهخده: his cheek وعذارهوعذاره: and his cheek-down
شبهت حمرة خده وعذاره
بنقاببنقاب: to a veil وردورد: roses معلممعلم: patterned ببنفسجببنفسج: with violets
بنقاب ورد معلم ببنفسج
I likened his cheek’s redness and his cheek-down
The blush of his cheek and his whiteness
To a veil of roses patterned with violets.
Resembled a veil of pink rose decorated with violet.