وَمُثْقَلَةِ الأرْدَافِ مَهْضُومَةِ الحَشَا

مُنَعَّمَةِ الأعْطَافِ نَاعِسَةِ الطَّرْفِ

With thick ankles and crushed buttocks,

Graceful arms and sleepy eyes,

تَضَاحَكُ عَنْ دُرّ وَتَبْسِمُ عَنْ سَنًى

وَتَخْطُرُ عَنْ بَانٍ وَتَلْحَظُ عَنْ خَشْفِ

She smiles, revealing pearls, and grins, showing ivory.

She glances coquettishly, winking from beneath her lids.

تَبَدَّتْ وَقَدْ هَزَّتْ مَعَاطِفَ رِدفهَا

فَأبْدَتْ هِلاَلاً فَوْقَ غُصْنٍ على حَتْفِ

She emerged, having shaken her riding camel’s saddle,

Revealing a crescent moon above a branch upon her temple.

فُتِنْتُ بِلآمِ الصُّدْغِ مِنْهَا وَلَمْ أكُنْ

أديِنُ بِصَادِ اللَّحْظِ مِنْهَا عَلَى حَرْفِ

I was captivated by the beauty of her cheekbone,

And I was indebted to the arrow of her glance that pierced my heart.