بديعةٌ جِسمُها زَبَرْجدةٌ
خضراءُ يُخْفي جمالَها الحُجُبُ
A wondrous beauty, her body a chrysolite,
Her body is gorgeous, like emerald
Green, her beauty concealed by veils.
Her green dress hides her beauty, the veils
مجروحةُ الخصْرِ غيرُ داميةٍ
كما تكونُ الجروحُ والنَّدَبُ
Wounded at the waist, yet not bleeding
Her waist is wounded, though not bleeding
As wounds and scars do.
As wounds and scars tend to be
كأنَّها من جَفاءِ لِبسْتَها
مَقرورةٌ والهجيرُ يَلتهبُ
As though, from the roughness of her clothing,
As if from the harshness of her dress
She were chilled, while the midday heat blazes.
She is bruised, while embers burn
كأنَّما الماءُ حينَ تَبْعَثُهُ
ذَوْبُ لُجَينٍ مِيزابُه ذَهَبُ
As though the water, when she sends it forth,
As though when she sends forth water
Were molten silver, its spout gold.
It's the melting of ingots, golden its flow
Sol 6.1