وقَد دَخَلتُ عَلَى الحسناءِ كِلَّتَها

وقَد دَخَلتُ عَلَى الحسناءِ كِلَّتَها

بَعد الهُدُوءِ تَضيءُ كالصَّنَمِ

بَعد الهُدُوءِ تَضيءُ كالصَّنَمِ

And I entered upon the beautiful woman, as her curtained canopy,

And I had entered the fair one's curtained enclosure,

after the hush, shone like an idol.

After the hush, as she shone like an idol.

يَنصفُها نُستُقٌ تَكادُ تُكرِمُهُم

يَنصفُها نُستُقٌ تَكادُ تُكرِمُهُم

عَنِ النَّصَافَةِ كالغِزلانِ في السَّلَمِ

عَنِ النَّصَافَةِ كالغِزلانِ في السَّلَمِ

A nūstuq girdle spans her waist; she almost deems it too noble

Servants attended her, whom she almost deemed too noble

to divide her in two—like gazelles amid the salām trees.

For service—like gazelles among the acacias.