رأيتI saw شعبانShaʿbān قدindeed ماجتundulated روادفهhis buttocks
رأيت شعبان قد ماجت روادفه
وماسand swayed منfrom فوقهاabove them غصنٌa bough منof البانthe bān tree
وماس من فوقها غصنٌ من البان
I saw Shaʿbān, his buttocks undulating;
I saw Sha'ban, her howdah swaying
And above them swayed a bough of the bān tree.
With a branch of ebony leaning over it
قلتI said الملاحةbeauty لاnot تخفىis hidden حلاوتهاits sweetness
قلت الملاحة لا تخفى حلاوتها
سيماespecially وجامعهاand its embodiment فيin نصفthe middle of شعبانShaʿbān
سيما وجامعها في نصف شعبان
I said, “Beauty’s sweetness cannot be hidden,
I said, "Sweetness cannot hide her skillfulness"
Especially with its embodiment in the middle of Shaʿbān.”
Especially when it meets her in the middle of Sha'ban
Sol 6.1