وَلَيلِ أَرى الجَوزاء فيهِ مُطلة

وَلَيلِ أَرى الجَوزاء فيهِ مُطلة

عَليَّ تُحاكي شَخص نشوان مائل

عَليَّ تُحاكي شَخص نشوان مائل

And on a night I see Orion looking down

And in the night I see Virgo lingering

upon me, resembling the figure of a leaning drunkard;

upon me, mimicking a slender, inclined form.

وَقَد أَتلَعت مِنها نُجوم وَشاحها

وَقَد أَتلَعت مِنها نُجوم وَشاحها

كَأَنَّ سَناها فِضَةٌ مِن حَمائل

كَأَنَّ سَناها فِضَةٌ مِن حَمائل

and from her the stars of her sash have risen into view,

Her stars have come untied from her veil

as though their radiance were the silver of sword-belts.

as though her glittering teeth were silver pendants.