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If she gets lost, who can match her being lost?

إن هي تاهت فمثلها تاها

1. If she gets lost, who can match her being lost?
No creature was created with her beauty and grace.

١. إن هي تاهتْ فمثلها تاها
لم يجر خلقٌ في الحسن مجراها

2. Her branches and stature for the twig,
Her smooth neck and eyes for the fawn.

٢. للغصن أعطافها وقامتها
وللرشا جيدُها وعيناها

3. Her cheeks were tinged with jasmine,
Her cheeks made golden by carnation.

٣. فُضِّضَ بالياسمين عارضُها
ذُهِّبَ بالجلّنار خداها

4. Were those undulations from her necklace composed,
Or was the necklace composed from her undulations?

٤. تلك الثنايا من عقدها نُظمت
أم نُظِمَ العقد من ثناياها

5. And the shirt gaped when her lower part
Touched what her top did not touch.

٥. وغارتِ القُمْصُ حين أسفلها
يمسُّ ما لا يمسُّ أعلاها

6. Making her saliva our wine
When she gave us to drink and her cup was empty.

٦. جاعلةٌ ريقَها مدامتنا
إذا سقتنا وكأسنا فاها

7. If an apple and its orchard were enough for me,
A pomegranate and its fruits were enough for me.

٧. لئن كفاني التفاحَ وجنتها
لقد كفاني الرمانَ ثدياها

8. She possesses me with love and I possess her,
So here I am, her slave and her master.

٨. تملكني بالهوى وأملكها
فها أنا عبدها ومولاها