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How many churches are there

كم بالكنائس من مبتلة

1. How many churches are there
Like slaughterhouses adorned with flags,

١. كم بالكنائِس مِنْ مُبَتَّلَةٍ
مثل المَهاةِ يَزينُها الخَفَرُ

2. For every icon worshipped in them,
If it were just, the icons would worship it.

٢. مِنْ كلِّ ساجدةٍ لصورتها
لو أَنصفت سجدتْ لها الصُوَر

3. A saint in the noose of her necklace,
Tall with a short belt around her waist.

٣. قدّيسَةٌ في حبل عاتقها
طولٌ وفي زُنّارها قِصَر

4. Modesty has planted in her garden
A rose watered by stares.

٤. غَرَسَ الحياءُ بصحن وَجْنَتِها
وَرْداً سقى أَغصانه النَّظرُ

5. And her eyelids have spoken, so if
You conversed with her, shyness would answer you.

٥. وتكلّمت عنها الجُفون فلوْ
حاورتَها لأَجابك الحَوَر

6. And her clothes told of her unseen beauty,
Thus showing you my weakness on a moonlit night.

٦. وحَكَتْ مدارِعُها غدائرَها
فأَراك ضعفيْ ليلةٍ قمرُ