وَمخطفات كَأَنَّ الحُب أَخطفها

وَمخطفات كَأَنَّ الحُب أَخطفها

هيف الخُصور ثَقيلات المَآخير

هيف الخُصور ثَقيلات المَآخير

And slender ones, as though love had worn them thin,

With fluttering hair, as though love had disheveled it,

Slim-waisted, heavy in their hindquarters,

In the castles, heavy with sighs,

صُفر الثِياب كَأَنَّ الدَهر أَلبَسَها

صُفر الثِياب كَأَنَّ الدَهر أَلبَسَها

بِناضر النَبت أَلوان الدَنانير

بِناضر النَبت أَلوان الدَنانير

Yellow-clad, as though time had clothed them,

Their yellow robes as though time had clothed them

Amid lush vegetation, in the colors of dinars.

With the blossoming plants, the hues of gold coins.