ونارنج تميل به غصون

ونارنج تميل به غصون

ومنها ما يرى كالصولجان

ومنها ما يرى كالصولجان

And bitter oranges—branches bend beneath their weight;

And bitter-orange fruit beneath whose weight branches bend,

And some of its fruit looks like a polo mallet.

and some of them look like a polo mallet.

أشبهه ثدايا ناهدات

أشبهه ثدايا ناهدات

غلائلها صبغن بزعفران

غلائلها صبغن بزعفران

I liken it to the breasts of nubile, full-breasted young women,

I liken it to budding breasts,

whose gauzy shifts they have dyed with saffron.

whose sheer coverings are dyed with saffron.