1. She enthralled me with her gown,
A gazelle, unabashed,
١. فَتَنَتْني بدَلِّها
ظَبْيَةٌ لم تَحَرّجِ
2. She strode nearer, then pranced away—
Would she had not turned aside!
٢. أَقْبَلَتْ ثُمَّ عَرْجَتْ
لَيْتَهَا لم تُعَرّجِ
3. Then she came to a gathering;
Ah, that fateful union!
٣. ثم جاءَتْ لِمَأْتَمَ
آهِ مِنْ ذلِكَ المَجِي
4. In mourning clothes, as though
A rose amid violets.
٤. في حدادٍ كَأَنَّما
وردةٌ في بَنَفْسَجِ