قالوا لفاتنتي وقد رقدت

قومي اصبَحينا زقزق الحجلُ

They said to my beloved as she slept,

"Arise, for morn has come, the partridges sing."

حتى إذا هب النشاط بها

وانحط عن أعطافها الكسل

Then when energy stirred within her

And sloth fell away from her shoulders,

حاروا وقالوا كيف تحملها

أقدامها وبردفها جبل

They were amazed, saying, "How can she bear

Her feet when her buttocks are a mountain?"