بِروحِيَ الخالُ يَبدو فَوقَ وَجنَتِهِ

بِروحِيَ الخالُ يَبدو فَوقَ وَجنَتِهِ

قُربَ العِذارِ وَتَحتَ الطِّرفِ غَير خَفي

قُربَ العِذارِ وَتَحتَ الطِّرفِ غَير خَفي

I would give my soul for the mole that appears upon his cheek,

With my spirit the cheek appears over its apple

Near the cheek-down and beneath the eye, plainly visible.

Near the eyelashes and beneath the eyelid not hidden

مَن شَمس جَبهَتِهِ أَضحى يُظلّلهُ

مَن شَمس جَبهَتِهِ أَضحى يُظلّلهُ

ظلّ العِذارِ كَذا ظلٌّ مِنَ الوَطَفِ

ظلّ العِذارِ كَذا ظلٌّ مِنَ الوَطَفِ

From the sun of his forehead, it is now shaded

He whose forehead the sun lit has become shaded

By the shadow of the cheek-down, and likewise a shadow from his thick lashes.

The shade of the eyelashes thus a shade from the eyelid