1. لقد خَطَرَتْ مخضَّبةَ البَنانِ

    كأقلامٍ تَخُطُّ بأُرجُوانِ

    Indeed, she walked gracefully, her fingertips dyed,

    Like pens that write in crimson.

  2. ومَدَّتْ مِعصَماً منها نضيراً

    كَفَرْعٍ نابتٍ مِن غصن بانِ

    And she held out a fresh, fair wrist of hers,

    Like a shoot growing from a bān-tree bough.

  3. مبلبلةُ الحِلَى لبِسَتْ سِواراً

    ينوبُ سكوتُهُ عن تَرجُمانِ

    Her ornaments jingling, she donned a bracelet

    Whose silence stands in for an interpreter.

  4. أرادتْ أنْ تزِينَ بهِ يديَها

    لبَهْجتهِ فزانتهُ اليَدَانِ

    She wished to adorn her two hands with it

    For its beauty—yet the two hands adorned it.

  5. رأيتُ لعِلَّتي منهُ طبيباً

    يَجُسُّ النَّبضَ مِن أيدي الحِسانِ

    I saw in it a physician for my ailment,

    Feeling the pulse in beautiful women's hands.

  6. تَبارَكَ مَن لهُ في كلِّ يومٍ

    بدائعُ في الخَليقةِ ذاتُ شانِ

    Blessed is He who has, each day,

    Wonders of great distinction in creation.

  7. يحدِّثُ مَن رآها النَّاسَ عنها

    وما خَبَرُ المُحدِّثِ كالعِيانِ

    Whoever has seen them tells people about them,

    But the teller's account is not like seeing firsthand.