وحَمْراءَ قبلَ المَزْجِ صَفْرَاءَ بَعْدَهُ

وحَمْراءَ قبلَ المَزْجِ صَفْرَاءَ بَعْدَهُ

بَدَتْ بينَ ثَوبَيْ نَرْجِسٍ وشَقائقِ

بَدَتْ بينَ ثَوبَيْ نَرْجِسٍ وشَقائقِ

And a wine, red before mixing, yellow afterward,

Red before blending, yellow after

appeared between two robes of narcissus and anemones.

She appeared between narcissus robes and anemones

حَكَتْ وَجْنَةَ المَعْشُوقِ صِرْفاً فَسَلّطُوا

حَكَتْ وَجْنَةَ المَعْشُوقِ صِرْفاً فَسَلّطُوا

عليها مِزَاجاً فاكْتَسَتْ لَوْنَ عاشِقِ

عليها مِزَاجاً فاكْتَسَتْ لَوْنَ عاشِقِ

Unmixed, it mirrored the beloved’s cheek; then they poured

She told the story of the lover's cheek artfully, so they unleashed

a diluent upon it, and it donned a lover’s hue.

Upon her a temperament, and she took on the color of a lover