تَضَوَّعْنَthey wafted fragrance أَنفاساًbreaths وأَشرقنَand they shone أوجهاًfaces
تَضَوَّعْنَ أَنفاساً وأَشرقنَ أوجهاً
فهنَّso they منيراتُilluminators of الصباحthe morning بواسمsmiling ones
فهنَّ منيراتُ الصباح بواسم
Their breaths wafted fragrance, and their faces shone;
Roses they became, their faces brightened,
so they are smiling lights of morning.
For they are the radiant smiles of morn,
لئنif indeed كنَّthey are زُهراًbright stars فالجوانحُthen the bosoms أبرجٌzodiacal mansions
لئن كنَّ زُهراً فالجوانحُ أبرجٌ
وإنand if كنَّthey are زَهراًblossoms فالقلوبُthen the hearts كمائمcalyxes
وإن كنَّ زَهراً فالقلوبُ كمائم
If indeed they are stars, the bosoms are zodiacal mansions;
If blossoms their hearts, yet wings unfurl
and if they are blossoms, the hearts are calyxes.
And if blossoms their hearts, then pure their love