زفَّتْ فَقَالَ الَّذِي يَرَاهَا

زفَّتْ فَقَالَ الَّذِي يَرَاهَا

أَبِنْتُ حِسٍّ أَمْ بِنتُ فِكْرِ

أَبِنْتُ حِسٍّ أَمْ بِنتُ فِكْرِ

She was led forth as a bride; then he who beheld her said:

She was led forth as a bride, and her beholder said:

“Are you a daughter of feeling, or a daughter of thought?

“Is she a daughter of the senses, or a daughter of thought?

وَأَيِّ بِكْرٍ تُزَفُّ أَحْرى

وَأَيِّ بِكْرٍ تُزَفُّ أَحْرى

بِشَاعِرٍ مِنْ عَرُوسِ شِعْرِ

بِشَاعِرٍ مِنْ عَرُوسِ شِعْرِ

And what maiden, when led forth as a bride, is more worthy

And what maiden being wed is more fitting

of a poet than the Bride of Poetry?”

for a poet than a bride of poetry?”