ألحاظُها في الحكم مُشْتَطَّهْ

ألحاظُها في الحكم مُشْتَطَّهْ

فَعَدلُها إِن عَدَلت غَلطَهْ

فَعَدلُها إِن عَدَلت غَلطَهْ

Her glances are unjust in judgment;

Her glances in judgment are rash

so their justice, if they judge justly, is a mistake.

So her justice, if she's just, is flawed

وثَغرُها سِمْطٌ من اللؤلؤ ال

وثَغرُها سِمْطٌ من اللؤلؤ ال

مُغْلي لها الآلُهُ سِمْطَه

مُغْلي لها الآلُهُ سِمْطَه

And her mouth is a strand of pearls whose

And her mouth is a chink of pearls

strand God has made precious for her.

That cannot be outshone by any god

فالحسنُ قد شَنَّفها شِنْفَه

فالحسنُ قد شَنَّفها شِنْفَه

والحسنُ قد قَرَّطها قُرطه

والحسنُ قد قَرَّطها قُرطه

So beauty has adorned her with its upper-ear jewel,

Beauty has sculpted her form

and beauty has adorned her with its earlobe pendant.

And beauty has cast her molten

لها منَ الصُّدغَين نونان قد

لها منَ الصُّدغَين نونان قد

أجادَ مَن خطَّهما خَطَّه

أجادَ مَن خطَّهما خَطَّه

Her two temple-locks form two nūns;

On her cheeks are two nun's

the one who traced them has perfected his script.

Well-drawn by a skilled hand

إِحداهما بالخال منقوطةٌ

إِحداهما بالخال منقوطةٌ

تُقرَأُ والأخرى بلا نُقطه

تُقرَأُ والأخرى بلا نُقطه

One of them is dotted with a beauty mark;

One dotted with a beauty mark

it is read thus, while the other has no dot.

To be read, the other with no dot