وَمُعتادَةٍand a woman accustomed لِلطيبِto perfume لَيسَتshe does not تُغِبُّهُuse it only on alternate days
وَمُعتادَةٍ لِلطيبِ لَيسَت تُغِبُّهُ
مُنَعَّمَةِdelicate الأَطرافِlimbs تَدمىshe bleeds مِنَfrom اللَمسِtouch
مُنَعَّمَةِ الأَطرافِ تَدمى مِنَ اللَمسِ
And a woman accustomed to perfume, never skipping a day,
Accustomed to perfume, it does not fail her,
Tender-limbed, she bleeds at a touch.
Of soft limbs that ache from a touch.
إِذاwhen ماemphatic particle دُخانُsmoke النَدَincense مِنfrom ثَوبِهاher robe عَلاrises
إِذا ما دُخانُ النَدَ مِن ثَوبِها عَلا
عَلىover وَجهِهاher face أَبصَرتَyou see غَيماًa cloud عَلىover شَمسِa sun
عَلى وَجهِها أَبصَرتَ غَيماً عَلى شَمسِ
When incense smoke rises from her robe
When the smoke of musk rises from her clothes,
Over her face, you see a cloud over a sun.
You see a cloud over the sun on her face.