تجري المحاسنُ من قرونِ رؤوسها

تجري المحاسنُ من قرونِ رؤوسها

حتى تمسَّ قُرونُها الأقْداما

حتى تمسَّ قُرونُها الأقْداما

Beauty flows from the braids on their heads

The beauties flow from the tips of their tresses

Until their braids touch their feet.

Until their tips touch the feet

ما أَبْصرتْ عيناي قبلَ وجوهها

ما أَبْصرتْ عيناي قبلَ وجوهها

وفروعها نوراً يُقلُّ ظلاما

وفروعها نوراً يُقلُّ ظلاما

My eyes had never seen, before their faces

My eyes have never seen before their faces

And their locks, a light that bears darkness.

And their branches, a light that lessens the darkness

من كل ناعمةِ الشباب غريرةٍ

من كل ناعمةِ الشباب غريرةٍ

تَسبي العقولَ وتزدهي الأحلاما

تَسبي العقولَ وتزدهي الأحلاما

Of each maiden, tender in youth and innocent,

From every delicate youthful maiden

Who captivates minds and dazzles reason,

Who captivates minds and excites dreams

في سُنَّةِ القمرِ التمامِ وسِنِّه

في سُنَّةِ القمرِ التمامِ وسِنِّه

واحسبْ لياليَه لها أعواما

واحسبْ لياليَه لها أعواما

Like the full moon in visage and age—

In the fullness of the moon's phase and its years

And count its nights as years for her.

And count its nights as years for it