فحمٌcharcoal ذكتblazed فيin حشاهits heart نارُa fire
فحمٌ ذكت في حشاه نارُ
فقلتُso I said مسكٌmusk وجُلّنارُand pomegranate blossom
فقلتُ مسكٌ وجُلّنارُ
Charcoal, in whose heart a fire blazed;
Embers that ignited a flame within,
So I said: musk and pomegranate blossom,
I said “This is musk and ambergris!”
أوor خَدُّthe cheek مَنthe one whom قدindeed هويتُI loved لَمّاwhen
أو خَدُّ مَن قد هويتُ لَمّا
أطلّpeered out منfrom فَوقهabove it العِذارُthe fine hair along the cheek
أطلّ من فَوقه العِذارُ
Or the cheek of the one I have loved, when
Or the cheek of my beloved when
The cheek-down peered out from above it.
The veil covering her face was lifted.