ووصائِفٍ صُفّتْ على ذِي أرْبَعٍ

ووصائِفٍ صُفّتْ على ذِي أرْبَعٍ

ممّا عُنِي بِصَنيعِهِ النَّجَّارُ

ممّا عُنِي بِصَنيعِهِ النَّجَّارُ

And handmaidens were arrayed upon something with four legs,

And descriptions lined up on four legs

Among the things the carpenter took pains to fashion.

Of that which the carpenter took pains with his craft

وَسَمَتْ سُمُوّ الرّيحِ في لَبّاتِها

وَسَمَتْ سُمُوّ الرّيحِ في لَبّاتِها

فَتَحَيّرَتْ في حُسْنِها الأبْصَارُ

فَتَحَيّرَتْ في حُسْنِها الأبْصَارُ

And at their throat-hollows they rose as the wind rises,

And reached the height of the wind in its folds

So eyes were bewildered by their beauty.

So eyes were confounded by its beauty

فكأنّما آذانُهُنَّ صَوَالِجٌ

فكأنّما آذانُهُنَّ صَوَالِجٌ

وكأنّما أقدامُها أقْمَارُ

وكأنّما أقدامُها أقْمَارُ

So their ears seemed like polo mallets,

As though their ears were pendants

And their feet seemed like moons.

And their feet were moons