كَأَنَّas though الخالَthe mole فيon الخَدِّthe cheek الشِمالِleft
كَأَنَّ الخالَ في الخَدِّ الشِمالِ
ظَلامُdarkness الهَجرِseparation فيin صُبحِdawn الوِصالِunion
ظَلامُ الهَجرِ في صُبحِ الوِصالِ
As though the beauty mark upon the left cheek were
As though the mole on the left cheek
the darkness of separation amid the dawn of reunion.
were the darkness of separation in the dawn of union.
