اشارتshe gestured منfrom العنباءthe mangoes نحوىtoward me بحبةwith a fruit
اشارت من العنباء نحوى بحبة
موردةrose-tinted ذاتhaving اصفرارyellowness وحمرةand redness
موردة ذات اصفرار وحمرة
She gestured toward me with a mango,
She signaled to me from near the grapevines
Rose-tinted, with yellow and red.
With a ripe fruit of yellowish and reddish hue
تروقit delights بلونwith a color بينbetween لونينtwo colors مثلماjust as
تروق بلون بين لونين مثلما
يروقكdelights you فجرdawn بينbetween يومday وليلةand night
يروقك فجر بين يوم وليلة
It delights with a hue between two colors, just as
As beautiful as a dawn between a day and a night
Dawn delights you between day and night.
With its color between two colors
فأبصرتso I saw ماwhat فيin الخدthe cheek فيin الكفthe palm لونهits color
فأبصرت ما في الخد في الكف لونه
وفيand in الكفthe palm ماwhat فيin الخدthe cheek منof لونthe color of وجنةa cheek
وفي الكف ما في الخد من لون وجنة
So I saw in the palm the color that lay in the cheek,
I saw that the cheek's color was the same as the palm's
And in the palm was the cheek’s own hue.
And the palm had the cheek's color and softness
تمجit spits out إذاwhen عظتis bitten (likely intended) إلىinto الفمthe mouth ريقةa drop of saliva, figuratively juice
تمج إذا عظت إلى الفم ريقة
تسامتit rose high إلىto وصلcompanionship with الملوكkings وعزتand became precious
تسامت إلى وصل الملوك وعزت
It spits a drop of juice into the mouth when bitten.
A saliva that flows when chewing to the mouth
It rose to consort with kings and grew precious.
Reaching the status of kings and glory
فتحسبهاso you would take them to be منثورةscattered حولaround أحمدAhmad
فتحسبها منثورة حول أحمد
بنادقpellets تبرraw gold مشربtinged with لونthe color of فضةsilver
بنادق تبر مشرب لون فضة
So you would take them, scattered around Ahmad,
You'd think scattered around Ahmed
For pellets of raw gold tinged with silver’s hue.
Were rifles pouring out the color of silver