بَدَتْ في نِسْوَةٍ مِثْل ال
مَهَا أُدْمِجْنَ إِدْمَاجَا
She appeared among a company of women like...
...oryx, pressed close and interwoven.
يجاذِبْنَ من الأرْدَا
فِ كُثْبَاناً وأَمْوَاجَا
They tugged against one another, their haunches...
...dunes and rolling waves.
وَيَسْتُرْنَ عن الأبصا
رِ في الدّيباجِ ديبَاجَا
And from all eyes they hid...
...within brocade, yet another brocade.
وَقُضْبَاناً مِنَ الفِضَّ
ةِ قد أَثْمَرَتِ العَاجَا
And silver branches...
...had borne ivory for fruit.
وقد لاثَتْ من الكَوْرِ
على مَفْرِقِها تَاجَا
And she had wound from turban folds...
...a crown upon the parting of her hair.
فلمّا طُفْنَ بالمجْلِ
سِ أفراداً وأَزْوَاجَا
Then, when they circled through the gathering,
singly and in pairs,
تجاوَبْنَ فَغَنَّيْنَ
كَ أَرْمَالاً وأَهْزَاجَا
they answered one another and sang...
...in ramal and hazaj rhythms.
وَحَرَّكْنَ من الأوْتَا
رِ إِمْساكاً وإدْمَاجَا
And over the strings they moved...
...now holding back, now weaving notes together.
فلا لَوْمَ على قلْبِ
كَ أن هُيِّج فاهْتاجَا
So no blame lies upon your heart...
...for surging with passion when it was stirred.
Sol 5.6