1. طلعتِ من القدّاسِ مثلَ الملائكِ

    وأنتِ ضحوكٌ للعذارى الضواحكِ

    You emerged from Mass like the angels,

    And you were all smiles for the laughing maidens.

  2. فأصبَحتُ مدهوشاً على باب بيعةٍ

    تذكّرُني أهوالَ حرب الملائك

    So I was astonished at the door of a church

    That reminds me of the horrors of the angels’ war.

  3. وضوّعتِ طيباً من غلائلَ تحتَها

    خمائلُ يُجنى زَهرُها في المعارك

    And you wafted fragrance from gauzy robes beneath which

    Lie lush groves whose blossoms are plucked in battles.

  4. وما كنتِ في الصفَّينِ إلا مليكةً

    وأفئدةُ العشاقِ مثلُ الأرائك

    And amid the two ranks, you were nothing but a queen,

    And lovers’ hearts were like couches.

  5. لكِ اللهُ خصمٌ فالقلوبُ ضعيفةٌ

    عَليها من العينينِ وقعُ السنابك

    God is your adversary, for hearts are weak;

    Upon them, from your eyes, falls the pounding of hooves.