ياO طلعةَappearance البدرِthe full moon إذاwhen الthe
يا طلعةَ البدرِ إذا ال
نجمانِtwo stars يكنفانهاflank it
نجمانِ يكنفانها
O sight of the full moon, when the
O rising full moon, when around thee
Two stars flank it,
No planets revolve,
أذكرتنيyou reminded me حبيبةًa beloved woman
أذكرتني حبيبةً
كنتُI was علىengaged in سلوانهاforgetting her
كنتُ على سلوانها
You have reminded me of a beloved
Thou recallest to my mind
Whom I was forgetting.
The one I love when on her couch reclining.
ذاthis وجههاher face وذاand this وذاand this
ذا وجهها وذا وذا
فُرطانِtwo earrings فيin آذانهاher ears
فُرطانِ في آذانها
This is her face, and this and this—
Her face and her figure,
Two earrings in her ears.
Drop ear-rings too in her ears dangling.
Sol 6.1