وَطائيّة غازَلتها بِتَلطُّفٍ

وَطائيّة غازَلتها بِتَلطُّفٍ

وَمِن فَوقِنا مِن حُسنِها اِمتَدَّ فيُّ

وَمِن فَوقِنا مِن حُسنِها اِمتَدَّ فيُّ

And I gently flirted with a woman of Tayy.

A gentle soul she was when I began to woo her

And from her beauty, shade spread out above us.

The sight of her from afar enraptured me

فَقُلتُ لَها أَيّ الشّعوبِ مقدّمٌ

فَقُلتُ لَها أَيّ الشّعوبِ مقدّمٌ

فَقالَت عَلى فَور التّغازل طيُّ

فَقالَت عَلى فَور التّغازل طيُّ

So I said to her, “Which of the peoples is foremost?”

I asked her of what nation do you hail?

So she replied at once amid our flirtation, “Tayy.”

Prompt was her flirtatious reply: Tay!