وَقابلَني في الدَرس أَبيضُ ناعِمٌ

وَقابلَني في الدَرس أَبيضُ ناعِمٌ

وَأَسمرُ لدنٌ أَورثا جسميَ الرَدى

وَأَسمرُ لدنٌ أَورثا جسميَ الرَدى

And in the lesson I was met by a fair, smooth-skinned one,

And at the lesson, one fair-skinned and soft met me,

and a supple, dusky one—the pair bequeathed my body death.

And one brown-skinned and supple; both brought death upon my body.

فَذا هَزَّ مِن عطفيهِ رُمحا مُثقفاً

فَذا هَزَّ مِن عطفيهِ رُمحا مُثقفاً

وَذا سَلَّ مِن جفنيه عَضبا مُهندا

وَذا سَلَّ مِن جفنيه عَضبا مُهندا

For this one brandished from his flanks a well-straightened spear,

So this one brandished from his flanks a straightened spear,

while that one drew from his eyelids a keen Indian blade.

And that one unsheathed from his eyelids a keen sword of Indian steel.