ولابسة ثوباً من الخزِّ أدكناً

ولابسة ثوباً من الخزِّ أدكناً

ومن أخضر الديباج راناً ومِعْجرا

ومن أخضر الديباج راناً ومِعْجرا

And clad in a dusky robe of silk-and-wool khazz,

And she is clad in a dark-gray robe of silk-and-wool,

Wearing a dress of dark satin

with a leg-garment and head-veil of green brocade,

and in leggings and a head veil of green brocade,

And of green brocade that glimmers and shines

مقلّدة في النحر سُبحة عنبرٍ

مقلّدة في النحر سُبحة عنبرٍ

على أنها لم تلتمس أنْ تعطرا

على أنها لم تلتمس أنْ تعطرا

an amber rosary strung about her throat—

wearing a string of ambergris beads at her throat,

At her neck a necklace of ambergris

though she had never sought to perfume herself.

though she had not sought to be perfumed.

Though she did not seek to perfume herself

لها مقلتا جَزْعٍ يمانِ تحمّلتْ

لها مقلتا جَزْعٍ يمانِ تحمّلتْ

جفونهما من موضع الكحل عصفرا

جفونهما من موضع الكحل عصفرا

She has two eyes of Yemeni banded onyx, whose lids have taken

She has two eyes of Yemeni onyx; laden

With Yemeni kohl on her eyelids

safflower dye in the place of kohl.

are their lids with safflower in the place of kohl.

That took on a saffron hue from the kohl

مطرّزة الكمين طرزاً تخالها

مطرّزة الكمين طرزاً تخالها

بتقويمها من حلكة الليل أسطرا

بتقويمها من حلكة الليل أسطرا

Her two sleeves are embroidered with a pattern you would fancy,

Her two sleeves are embroidered with bands you would deem,

Her sleeves embroidered with patterns

for its even ordering, lines drawn from the blackness of night.

by their straight alignment, lines of the blackness of night.

That her nightly vigil created like lines of prose