وَمُثْقَلَةِ الأرْدَافِ مَهْضُومَةِ الحَشَا

وَمُثْقَلَةِ الأرْدَافِ مَهْضُومَةِ الحَشَا

مُنَعَّمَةِ الأعْطَافِ نَاعِسَةِ الطَّرْفِ

مُنَعَّمَةِ الأعْطَافِ نَاعِسَةِ الطَّرْفِ

And a full-hipped woman, slender of waist,

With thick ankles and crushed buttocks,

Soft in her curves, languid of gaze,

Graceful arms and sleepy eyes,

تَضَاحَكُ عَنْ دُرّ وَتَبْسِمُ عَنْ سَنًى

تَضَاحَكُ عَنْ دُرّ وَتَبْسِمُ عَنْ سَنًى

وَتَخْطُرُ عَنْ بَانٍ وَتَلْحَظُ عَنْ خَشْفِ

وَتَخْطُرُ عَنْ بَانٍ وَتَلْحَظُ عَنْ خَشْفِ

She laughs, revealing pearls, and smiles, revealing radiance,

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

And sways like a bān tree, and glances like a gazelle fawn.

She glances coquettishly, winking from beneath her lids.

تَبَدَّتْ وَقَدْ هَزَّتْ مَعَاطِفَ رِدفهَا

تَبَدَّتْ وَقَدْ هَزَّتْ مَعَاطِفَ رِدفهَا

فَأبْدَتْ هِلاَلاً فَوْقَ غُصْنٍ على حَتْفِ

فَأبْدَتْ هِلاَلاً فَوْقَ غُصْنٍ على حَتْفِ

She appeared, having set the curves of her hips swaying,

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

So she revealed a crescent above a bough, over doom.

Revealing a crescent moon above a branch upon her temple.

فُتِنْتُ بِلآمِ الصُّدْغِ مِنْهَا وَلَمْ أكُنْ

فُتِنْتُ بِلآمِ الصُّدْغِ مِنْهَا وَلَمْ أكُنْ

أديِنُ بِصَادِ اللَّحْظِ مِنْهَا عَلَى حَرْفِ

أديِنُ بِصَادِ اللَّحْظِ مِنْهَا عَلَى حَرْفِ

I was bewitched by the lām of her temple-lock, and I was not

I was captivated by the beauty of her cheekbone,

Halfhearted in my devotion to the ṣād of her glance.

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