وَبي مَحَلُّ عِذارِ الحِبِّ ضَمّخهُ

وَبي مَحَلُّ عِذارِ الحِبِّ ضَمّخهُ

بِالمِسكِ دايتُه في حينَما وُلِدا

بِالمِسكِ دايتُه في حينَما وُلِدا

And I am enamored of the place of my beloved’s sideburns, which was anointed

My abode where lovesickness was nurtured

with musk by his midwife when he was born.

Was scented with musk when we were born

فَدامَ فيهِ وَحُسن الخدِّ يَحضُنُه

فَدامَ فيهِ وَحُسن الخدِّ يَحضُنُه

حَتّى اِستَحالَ عِذاراً حينَ شَبَّ بدا

حَتّى اِستَحالَ عِذاراً حينَ شَبَّ بدا

So it lingered there, and his cheek’s beauty cradled it,

So it remained in me, and the cheek's beauty embraced it

until it became sideburns, appearing when he reached maturity.

Until it was transformed into lovesickness when I grew up