عذارٌa line of cheek-down كَالطِرازِlike embroidery عَلىupon الطِرازِthe embroidery
عذارٌ كَالطِرازِ عَلى الطِرازِ
وَشَمسٌand a sun فيin الحَقيقَةِliteral truth لاnot المجازِmetaphor
وَشَمسٌ في الحَقيقَةِ لا المجازِ
Cheek-down like embroidery upon embroidery,
And a sun in truth, not metaphor.
تَبَدّىappeared عارِضاهُhis two cheek-whiskers فَعارِضانيthen both confronted me
تَبَدّى عارِضاهُ فَعارِضاني
وَقالاand both said لاdo not تمرُّpass بِلاwithout جوازِa permit
وَقالا لا تمرُّ بِلا جوازِ
His two cheek-whiskers appeared, then barred my way,
And both said, “Do not pass without a permit.”
فَقُلتُso I said القَلبُthe heart عِندَكُمwith you مُقيمٌresiding
فَقُلتُ القَلبُ عِندَكُم مُقيمٌ
وَماand what حُسنُbeauty الثِيابِthe clothes بِلاwithout طرازِembroidery
وَما حُسنُ الثِيابِ بِلا طرازِ
So I said, “My heart resides with you;
And what beauty do clothes have without embroidery?”