وكأنما الأغصان تثنيها الصبا

وكأنما الأغصان تثنيها الصبا

والبدر من خلل يلوح ويحجب

والبدر من خلل يلوح ويحجب

And it is as though the boughs, bent by the east breeze,

As though the branches were bent by the morning breeze

And the full moon, now visible through gaps, now hidden,

And the full moon peeps through then hides from sight

حسناءُ قد عامت وأرخت شعرها

حسناءُ قد عامت وأرخت شعرها

في لجةٍ والموج فيها يلعب

في لجةٍ والموج فيها يلعب

Were a beauty who has swum and let down her hair

A beautiful maiden loosened then let down her hair

In deep water, where the waves play.

In a cove where playful waves delight