1. لمّا عَطَفنَ رءوسهنّ

    نَ إلى الظعائن في الكِلَل

    When they turned their heads

    toward the women in the curtained litters,

  2. قدَّرتهن لعشاقهنّ

    نَ طلبنَ منهنَّ القُبَل

    I imagined that, for their lovers,

    they were asking them for kisses.