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With a charming smile that settles disputes amicably,

وغرير يقضي بحكين في الراح

1. With a charming smile that settles disputes amicably,
And with passion that cannot be fulfilled.

١. وغَريرٍ يَقْضي بحُكَْينِ في الرَّا
حِ بجورٍ وفي الهَوى بمُحالِ

2. His neck is for pearls, and his body for fine robes,
Gentle and his neck for gazelles.

٢. للنّقَا رِدْفُهُ وللخُوطِ ما حُمِّ
لَ لِيناً وجِيدُهُ للغَزَالِ

3. His eyelids with kohl do more
Than what your hands can do with money.

٣. فَعَلَتْ مُقْلَتاهُ بالصَّبِّ ما تفْ
عَلُ جَدْوَى يديكَ بالأَمْوالِ

4. You were not fair to others unlike you,
For the high dunes are not like flat sands.

٤. لَمْ تُقَسْ بالذي عداكَ مِنَ الخَلْ
قِ فما الشّامِخاتُ مِثْلَ الرِّمالِ

5. If you wish to see death in the form
Of a fierce lion with grinning teeth.

٥. وإذا شِئْتَ أَنْ تَرى الموتَ في صُو
رَةِ لَيْثٍ في لِبْدَتَيْ رِئْبالِ

6. Meet him, though his teeth
Are pearly white and tan high.

٦. فالْقَهُ غَيْرَ أَنّما لِبْدَتَاهُ
أَبْيَضٌ صارِمٌ وأَسْمَرُ عالِ

7. You will meet a lion whose lips are shortened,
So he looks smiling at the severity of warriors.

٧. تَلْقَ لَيْثاً قَدْ قُلِّصَتْ شَفَتاهُ
فَيُرَى ضاحِكاً لِعُبْسِ الصِّيالِ