ونواعمٍand tender maidens بيضfair الوجوهthe faces سبَينَنيthey took me captive
ونواعمٍ بيض الوجوه سبَينَني
بحديثهنَّwith their talk وقدand already هَداgrew quiet السُّمّارُthe evening conversationalists
بحديثهنَّ وقد هَدا السُّمّارُ
And tender, fair-faced maidens took me captive
Fair-faced girls with slender waists distracted me
with their talk, while the evening companions had fallen silent.
With their talk after the night was lit by the Pleiades.
يخطرنَthey walk with a sway فيin بيضwhite الثيابthe garments وصُفرِهاand their yellow ones
يخطرنَ في بيض الثياب وصُفرِها
خمصُslender البطونthe bellies نواهدٌbudding-breasted أبكارُvirgins
خمصُ البطون نواهدٌ أبكارُ
They swayed along in robes of white and yellow,
They moved about in white and yellow robes,
slender-bellied, budding-breasted virgins.
Slender-waisted virgins, tender and pure.
حتىuntil إذاwhen انبلجbroke forth الصباحُthe dawn لناظريto my sight
حتى إذا انبلج الصباحُ لناظري
ودَّعنَنيthey bade me farewell ودموعُهنَّand their tears غزارُabundant
ودَّعنَني ودموعُهنَّ غزارُ
Until, when dawn broke before my eyes,
When dawn began to break before my eyes,
they bade me farewell, their tears abundant.
They said farewell, their tears flowing freely.
فسألتُهنَّso I asked them عنabout الزيارةvisiting قُلنَthey said ليto me
فسألتُهنَّ عن الزيارة قُلنَ لي
زُرناvisit us فقدfor indeed زرناكwe have visited you ياO غَدّارُfaithless one
زُرنا فقد زرناك يا غَدّارُ
So I asked them about visiting; they said to me:
When I asked about another visit, they said:
“Visit us, for we have visited you, O faithless one!”
"Visit us, for we have already visited you, O fickle one!"
Sol 6.1