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When they emerged from the hill,

لما طلعن من الرقي

1. When they emerged from the hill,
They greeted me with five coffees,

١. لَمّا طَلَعنَ مِن الرَقي
قِ عَلَيَّ بِالبَرَدانِ خَمسا

2. As if they were relatives
Who gently warmed the sun under their clothes.

٢. وَكَأَنَّهُنَ أَهِلَّةٌ
تَحتَ الثيابِ رَفَقنَ شَمسا

3. They began with a delicate fragrance
And dipped into the flowing stream.

٣. باكَرنَ عِطرَ لَطيمَةٍ
وَغَمَسنَ في الجادِيِّ غَمسا

4. When they emerged, they surrounded her
And whispered what they whispered in whispers.

٤. لَما طَلَعنَ حَفَفنَها
وَأَصَخنَ ما يَهمِسنَ هَمسا

5. So they asked me who was in the houses,
And I said no one dwells there.

٥. فَسَأَلنَني مَن في البُيو
تِ فَقُلتُ ما يَأوينَ إِنسا

6. If only prying eyes tonight
Would turn blind and not see us.

٦. لَيتَ العُيونَ الطارِقا
تِ طُمِسنَ عَنّا اليَومَ طَمسا

7. From the edge of talk they found
Sweetness, and they left smoothly.

٧. فَأَصَبنَ مِن طُرَفِ الحَدي
ثِ لَذاذَةً وَخَرَجنَ مُلسا

8. If they had not approached me,
O priest, I would be as hard as you.

٨. لَولا تَعرُّضُهُنَّ لِي
يا قَسُّ كُنتُ كَأَنتَ قَسّا