وبِيضٍ كَدودِ القَزِّ زادَ اشتِباهُها

وبِيضٍ كَدودِ القَزِّ زادَ اشتِباهُها

وأفْرَطَ حتّى بالتّكونِ في التّوتِ

وأفْرَطَ حتّى بالتّكونِ في التّوتِ

And white ones, like silkworms—their resemblance grew,

With pearls white as silk worm's cocoons her mistake grew

and went to extremes, even in forming on the mulberry tree.

And she went too far even with coils in her braids

تعَجّبْتُ مِنْها في بَنادِقِ جَوْهَرٍ

تعَجّبْتُ مِنْها في بَنادِقِ جَوْهَرٍ

يُزَيِّنُها ما احْمَرّ منها بِياقوتِ

يُزَيِّنُها ما احْمَرّ منها بِياقوتِ

I marveled at them as little balls of precious stone;

I wondered at her in boxes of gems

the red ones among them adorn them with rubies.

Adorned with the rubies among them