أخطْرPass علىby سبتةCeuta وانظرْand look إلىat
أخطْر على سبتة وانظرْ إلى
جمالهاher beauty تصبُyou will yearn إلىfor حُسْنهits loveliness
جمالها تصبُ إلى حُسْنه
Pass by Ceuta and look upon
Pass by Ceuta and behold
her beauty; you will yearn for its loveliness.
Its beauty pours into its charm
كأنّهاas though she were عودُa lute الغناءِsong وقدْand already
كأنّها عودُ الغناءِ وقدْ
ألقيwas cast فيinto البحرِthe sea علىupon بطْنِهits belly
ألقي في البحرِ على بطْنِه
She is like a lute for song that has already been
As though it were a lute of songs
cast into the sea upon its belly.
Cast into the sea upon its front
Sol 6.1