بَداappeared مَلِكُthe king of الحُسْنِbeauty بَينَamong المِلاحِthe beautiful ones
بَدا مَلِكُ الحُسْنِ بَينَ المِلاحِ
وَقَالَand said علىto طَاعَتىِobedience to me فَاحلِفِthen swear
وَقَالَ على طَاعَتىِ فَاحلِفِ
The king of beauty appeared among the beautiful,
The king of beauty appeared amid the adornments
And said, “Then swear to obey me.”
And said, "Swear to obey me."
وَمِنand from مُقْلتيهِhis two eyes وَخَطِّand the line of العِذارِcheek-down
وَمِن مُقْلتيهِ وَخَطِّ العِذارِ
حَلَفْتُI swore علىupon السَّيْفِthe sword والمُصَحَفِand the Qur’an
حَلَفْتُ على السَّيْفِ والمُصَحَفِ
And with his two eyes and the line of down on his cheeks,
By his glance and the lines of rebuke—
I swore upon the sword and the Qur’an.
I swore on the sword and the scripture.