وَلَقَدand indeed مَرَرتI passed بِنِسوَةٍby women أَعشَينَنيthey dazzled me
وَلَقَد مَرَرت بِنِسوَةٍ أَعشَينَني
حورِwith dark pupils and bright whites المَدامِعِthe tear ducts (poetically, eyes) مِنfrom بَنيthe sons of المِنجابِal-Minjab
حورِ المَدامِعِ مِن بَني المِنجابِ
And indeed I passed by women who dazzled me,
Dark-eyed women from Banu al-Minjab.
فيهِنَّamong them خَرعَبَةٌa tall, supple young woman مَليحٌcharming دَلُّهاher coy grace
فيهِنَّ خَرعَبَةٌ مَليحٌ دَلُّها
غَرثىslender (literally, hungry) الوِشاحِthe sash دَقيقَةُdelicate الأَنيابِthe canine teeth
غَرثى الوِشاحِ دَقيقَةُ الأَنيابِ
Among them is a tall, supple young woman, charming in her coyness,
Slim beneath her sash, with delicate canine teeth.
زَينُthe adornment of الحَواضِرِtowns ماثوتas long as she dwells فيin حَضرِهاher settled community
زَينُ الحَواضِرِ ماثوت في حَضرِها
وَتَزينُand she adorns بادِيَهاher nomadic folk مِنَamong الأَعرابِthe Bedouin
وَتَزينُ بادِيَها مِنَ الأَعرابِ
The adornment of towns while she dwells among her townsfolk,
And she adorns her nomadic folk among the Bedouin.
Sol 6.1