1. She let down three braids of her hair
To shade me, fearing spies.
١. نَشَرَت ثَلاثَ ذَوَائِبٍ مِن شَعرِها
لِتُظِلّني حذَرَ الوُشاةِ الرُّمَقِ
2. It was as if she and I and they
Were dawn, grown dark beneath a night fallen.
٢. فكَأَنَّنِي وَكَأَنَّها وَكَأَنَّهُ
صُبحانِ باتا تَحتَ لَيلٍ مُطبِق