دَبَّ بِسَفْحِ الخَدّ وَرْدٌ عَارِضٌ

دَبَّ بِسَفْحِ الخَدّ وَرْدٌ عَارِضٌ

فَخِلْتُ آساً صَاغَ وَرْدَ أقَاحِ

فَخِلْتُ آساً صَاغَ وَرْدَ أقَاحِ

An emerging rose crept along the slope of the cheek;

A blush creeps over the cheek's slope,

So I fancied myrtle had fashioned a bloom of daisies;

So I became lovesick for the blush of a maiden in bloom.

وَامْتَدَّ فَوْقَ الثَّغرِ شَارِبُهُ كَمَا

وَامْتَدَّ فَوْقَ الثَّغرِ شَارِبُهُ كَمَا

طُرَّةُ لَيْلٍ فَوْقَ ثَغْرِ صَبَاحِ

طُرَّةُ لَيْلٍ فَوْقَ ثَغْرِ صَبَاحِ

And his moustache stretched above the mouth, like

And his mustache stretched over the lips,

A fringe of night above the mouth of morning.

Like a starry night over the edge of dawn.