عَجِبَت مِن بِزَّتي إِذ أخلَقَت

وَهيَ تَجتَابُ الحَبِيرَ المُغدَفَا

She wondered at my dress when she saw me,

Wearing a robe embroidered and lined with silk.

هَذِهِ لا تَعجَبِي من هَذِهِ

قَبلَهَا أُلبِسَ دُرٌّ صَدَفَا

Do not wonder, O maid, at this,

For before it was dressed in pearls and shells.

لا تَظُنِّي الدَّهرَ لِي مُستَلِباً

إِنَّما جَرَّدَ مِنِّي مُرهَفَا

Think not that time has robbed me,

But that it has stripped from me a splendid dress.

إنَّ ماءً كان في وَجنَتِها

وَرَدَتهُ السِّنُّ حَتَّى نشَفا

The water that filled its sleeves

Old age has dried up and it faded away.

وَذَوَى العُنَّابُ من أَنمُلِها

فَأَعَادَتهُ اللَّيالي حَشَفا

The stalks have withered from her fingers,

But the nights will renew and restore it again.