وزَوْلةٍ مُقْرَبةٍ مُسِنّهْ

وزَوْلةٍ مُقْرَبةٍ مُسِنّهْ

رِيفيّةٍ تَقذِفُ بالجُبُنّهْ

رِيفيّةٍ تَقذِفُ بالجُبُنّهْ

And a clever, favored old woman,

A countrywoman, was casting cheese

في قالِبٍ أسفلُه مِشَنّهْ

في قالِبٍ أسفلُه مِشَنّهْ

ثم بدت بيضاءُ مُقْبَئِنّهْ

ثم بدت بيضاءُ مُقْبَئِنّهْ

Into a mold with a wicker basket for its base.

Then it appeared, white and rounded,

كالبَدْرِ لمّا لاحَ في الدُّجُنّهْ

كالبَدْرِ لمّا لاحَ في الدُّجُنّهْ

أعذَبَ مِن رِيق حبيب بُنّهْ

أعذَبَ مِن رِيق حبيب بُنّهْ

Like the full moon when it shone in the darkness,

Sweeter than the saliva of Bunnah’s beloved.

وحولهَا غِيدٌ كأنّهنّهْ

وحولهَا غِيدٌ كأنّهنّهْ

بَرَزْنَ مِنْ حُورِ نِساءِ الجَنّهْ

بَرَزْنَ مِنْ حُورِ نِساءِ الجَنّهْ

And around her were graceful maidens, as though they

Had emerged from among the fair-eyed women of Paradise.

يرِمين عن كُحْلِ عُيُونهِنّه

يرِمين عن كُحْلِ عُيُونهِنّه

لواحظاً أمضَى مِن الأَسِنّه

لواحظاً أمضَى مِن الأَسِنّه

They shoot, from the kohl of their eyes,

Sidelong glances sharper than spearheads.

أُرهِفْن حتّى صِرن كالأعِنّه

أُرهِفْن حتّى صِرن كالأعِنّه

يَمسْن والأردافُ مرْجَحِنّه

يَمسْن والأردافُ مرْجَحِنّه

They were made slender until they became like reins.

They walk swaying, their buttocks swaying heavily.

يا ليتني بين نهودِهِنّه

يا ليتني بين نهودِهِنّه

أَرشفُ من خَمْر ثُغورِهِنّه

أَرشفُ من خَمْر ثُغورِهِنّه

Oh, would that I were among their breasts,

Sipping the wine of their mouths,

وأجتني وردَ خدودِهِنّه

وأجتني وردَ خدودِهِنّه

And plucking the roses of their cheeks.