فَوقَ العُيونِ حَواجِبٌ زُجُّ

فَوقَ العُيونِ حَواجِبٌ زُجُّ

تحتَ الحَواجِبِ أَعْيُنٌ دُعْجُ

تحتَ الحَواجِبِ أَعْيُنٌ دُعْجُ

Above the eyes, brows finely arched;

Above the eyes are long, slender brows;

beneath the brows, wide, deep-black eyes.

beneath the brows are wide, dark eyes.

يَنْظُرْنَ مِنْ خَلَلِ النِّقابِ ومِنْ

يَنْظُرْنَ مِنْ خَلَلِ النِّقابِ ومِنْ

تَحْتِ النِّقَابِ ضَواحِكٌ فُلْجُ

تَحْتِ النِّقَابِ ضَواحِكٌ فُلْجُ

Through chinks in the veil they gaze; and

They look through gaps in the veil, and from

beneath the veil, smiling, well-spaced teeth.

beneath the veil appear smiling teeth, spaced apart.

وإذا نَظَرْنَ رَمَقْنَ عَنْ مُقَلٍ

وإذا نَظَرْنَ رَمَقْنَ عَنْ مُقَلٍ

تَسْبِي الْعُيونَ فَحَشْوُهَا غُنْجُ

تَسْبِي الْعُيونَ فَحَشْوُهَا غُنْجُ

And when they look, they glance out from eyes

And when they look, they gaze with eyes

that bewitch all eyes, their depths brimming with coy allure.

that captivate eyes, for they are full of coquetry.

وإذا ضَحِكْنَ ضَحكنَ عن بَرَدٍ

وإذا ضَحِكْنَ ضَحكنَ عن بَرَدٍ

عَذْبِ الرُّضَابِ كأنّهُ ثَلْجُ

عَذْبِ الرُّضَابِ كأنّهُ ثَلْجُ

And when they laugh, their laughter bares hailstones,

And when they laugh, their laughter reveals hailstones,

sweet with mouth’s nectar, as though they were snow.

sweet with saliva, as though they were snow.

وإذا نَزَعْنَ ثيابَهُنَّ تُرَى

وإذا نَزَعْنَ ثيابَهُنَّ تُرَى

فَوْقَ المُتُونِ ذَوائبٌ سُبْجُ

فَوْقَ المُتُونِ ذَوائبٌ سُبْجُ

And when they take off their garments, you see

And when they take off their clothes, one sees

over their backs long tresses, black as jet.

over their backs, jet-black tresses.

وافَيْنَ مَكّةَ للحَجِيجِ فلَمْ

وافَيْنَ مَكّةَ للحَجِيجِ فلَمْ

يَسْلَمْ بِهِنَّ لمُسْلِمٍ حَجُّ

يَسْلَمْ بِهِنَّ لمُسْلِمٍ حَجُّ

They came to Mecca for the pilgrim season, and

They came to Mecca for the pilgrimage, and no

because of them, no Muslim’s Hajj remained unscathed.

Muslim's pilgrimage remained unspoiled because of them.