أأُضِيعُWould I squander سحرَthe magic of جفونِهِhis eyelids
أأُضِيعُ سحرَ جفونِهِ
وأُهينُand slight مبسَمَهُhis smiling mouth وخمرَهْand his wine
وأُهينُ مبسَمَهُ وخمرَهْ
Would I squander the magic of his eyelids
and slight his smiling mouth and his wine,
منْbecause of شعرتينtwo hairs بخدِّهِon his cheek
منْ شعرتين بخدِّهِ
كلاَّNever ولاand not even for ألفينِtwo thousand شعرَهْhairs
كلاَّ ولا ألفينِ شعرَهْ
because of two hairs on his cheek?
Never—not even for two thousand hairs!