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She appeared, so she allured, in a beautiful gait,

بدت فشدت في مساق حسن

1. She appeared, so she allured, in a beautiful gait,
You have embellished, O the most beautiful embellisher,

١. بَدَتْ فَشَدَتْ في مَساقٍ حَسَنْ
فأحسَنْتِ أحْسَنْتِ أُمَّ الحَسَنْ

2. A gazelle who has flowed in the softness,
Like the glance of a gazelle in the body.

٢. جُوَيْريةٌ قَدْ جَرَتْ في النُّفو
سِ مَجْرَى ظُبا لَحْظِها في البَدَنْ

3. She sings, so she makes you forget the bulbul,
And makes you incline as she inclined from arts.

٣. تُغَنِّي فَتُغنيكَ عَنْ بُلبلٍ
وتَثْنيكَ إمَّا انْثَنتْ عَنْ فَنَنْ

4. She shows you and makes you hear what you desire,
With a delicate waist and a most melodious voice.

٤. تُريكَ وتُسْمِعُ ما تَشْتَهي
بِقَدٍّ رَطيبٍ وصَوْتٍ أغَنّْ

5. As if her limbs are of reed,
So she appears in every art of dance.

٥. كأنَّ مَفاصِلَها الخَيْزُرانُ
فَتَبْدو مِنَ الرَّقْصِ في كُلّ فَنّْ

6. A girl whose beauty surpasses coyness,
With her beauty, love has seduced whoever is seduced.

٦. فَتاةٌ يَفُوتُ النُّهى حُسْنُها
بِها فَتَن الحُبُّ مَن قَدْ فَتَنْ

7. She appeared brilliantly in the morning light,
So a face illuminated and hair darkened.

٧. تجلَّتْ فَجلَّتْ ضُحىً في دُجاً
فَوَجْهٌ أنارَ وشَعْرٌ دَجَنْ

8. For her anklet there is a clasp that none
Other than it of jewelry has seen.

٨. لِخَلْخالِها ضَمَّةٌ ما رَآها
سِواهُ من الحِلْيِ إلّا وأنّْ

9. O gazelle in the glances of gazelles!
And in her cheeks are sorts of tribulations.

٩. أيا ظَبْيَةً في ظُبا لَحْظِها
وفي وَجْنَتيها ضُروبُ المِحَنْ

10. She meets a lover who has fulfilled his love,
And even if he has not fulfilled, it is as if he has.

١٠. تَلافَيْ مُحِبّاً قَضَى نَحْبَهُ
وإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ قَضى فكأنّْ

11. If you would not be generous to him with acceptance,
And would not have mercy on him with a union, then who?

١١. إذا لم تَجُودي لهُ بالرِّضا
ولَمْ تَرحَمِيْهِ بوصْلٍ فَمنْ