ياOh ليتنيwould that I were حاشيةًa border زُركشَتْwas embroidered
يا ليتني حاشيةً زُركشَتْ
يوماًone day بكفَّيْby both hands of هذهِthis الجاريَهْthe maiden; the maidservant
يوماً بكفَّيْ هذهِ الجاريَهْ
Oh, would that I were a border embroidered
Oh how I wish I were the border
One day by both hands of this maiden.
That one day was touched by this maiden’s hand
قدْindeed أصبحتْshe has become فيin الحسنِbeauty سلطانةًa sultana
قدْ أصبحتْ في الحسنِ سلطانةً
تفرِّقُshe scatters التبرَuncoined gold علىupon الحاشيَهْthe border; the retinue
تفرِّقُ التبرَ على الحاشيَهْ
She has indeed become a sultana in beauty,
She who in beauty became a queen
Scattering gold upon the border—her retinue.
Scattering dust upon the border
Sol 6.1