وَمُعَذَّرِينَ أرَوْكَ فِي وَجَنَاتِهِمْ

وَمُعَذَّرِينَ أرَوْكَ فِي وَجَنَاتِهِمْ

آسًا تَنَمْنَمَ فَوْقَ خَدٍّ أحْمَرِ

آسًا تَنَمْنَمَ فَوْقَ خَدٍّ أحْمَرِ

And youths with budding sideburns showed you on their cheeks

And they apologize, I saw them in their gardens

myrtle finely patterned upon a crimson cheek.

A myrtle that sways above a red cheek

سَلُّوا السّيُوفَ مِنَ الجُفُونِ وَصَيَّرُوا

سَلُّوا السّيُوفَ مِنَ الجُفُونِ وَصَيَّرُوا

بَدَلَ النِّجَادِ حَمَائِلاً مِنْ عَنْبَرِ

بَدَلَ النِّجَادِ حَمَائِلاً مِنْ عَنْبَرِ

They drew swords from their eyelids and fashioned,

They drew out swords from their sheaths and made

in place of sword-belts, baldrics of ambergris.

Instead of necklaces, amber rosaries