1. رقود الضحى صفرُ الحشى منتهى المُنى

    قطوفُ الخُطى تمشي الهوينا فتبهرُ

    She sleeps through the forenoon, slender-waisted, all one could wish for.

    Short-stepped, she walks gently and grows breathless.

  2. خفيضة أعلى الصوت ليست بسلفع

    ولا نمةٍ خراجة حين تظهر

    Even at its loudest, her voice is low; she is no brazen shrew,

    Nor a gossip or gadabout when she goes out.

  3. ويكرمنها جاراتها فيزرنها

    وتعتل عن إنيانهن فتعذَر

    Her neighbors honor her, and so they visit her;

    And she pleads an excuse for not visiting them, and is excused.

  4. وليس بها أن تستهين بجارة

    ولكنها من ذاك تحيا وتحصر

    It is not that she holds a neighbor in contempt,

    But she is shy about that and becomes tongue-tied.

  5. وإن هي لم تقصد لهُن أتينها

    نواعِمَ بيضاً مشيهن التأطر

    And if she does not seek them out, they come to her—

    Delicate and fair-skinned, with a swaying gait.