1. قُل لِلطّويلَةِ مَوضع العِقد

    وَلَطيفة الأَحشاءِ والكَبدِ

    Say to her whose long neck bears the necklace,

    and who is delicate of innards and liver:

  2. أَلا وَقَفتِ عَلى مَدامِعِهِ

    فَنَظَرتِ ما يَعملنَ في الخدِ

    Why did you not pause over his tears,

    then see what they do to the cheek?

  3. لَولا التَمَنطُق والسوار مَعاً

    والحِجلُ والدُملوج في العَضدِ

    But for the girdle and bracelet together,

    and the anklet and armlet on the upper arm,

  4. لَتَزايَلَت مِن كُلِّ ناحية

    لَكن جُعِلن لَها عَلى عَمدِ

    she would have come apart on every side;

    but they were made for her deliberately.

  5. جاءَت إِلى عينَيكِ وجنتُها

    في خَلعة الخَيريَّ والوَردِ

    Her cheek came before your eyes,

    in a robe of wallflower and rose.