أياO قاضيةfemale judge البصرBasra (continued on line 2)
أيا قاضية البصر
ةcompletion of “Basra” قوميrise فارقصيthen dance خَطْرهْa dancing turn
ة قومي فارقصي خَطْرهْ
O lady judge of Basra,
O judge of sight
rise, then dance a turn!
Arise and dance its danger
وَمرّيand move along برواسيكwith your mountains
وَمرّي برواسيك
فماذاso why البردthe coldness والفترهْand the languor
فماذا البرد والفترهْ
And sway those mountains of yours—
And pass by its meadows
why this coldness and languor?
What is this cold and this emptiness
أراكِI see you قدmay تثيرينyou stir up
أراكِ قد تثيرين
عجاجthe dust القصفof revelry ياO حرَّهْfreeborn woman
عجاج القصف يا حرَّهْ
I see that you may stir up
I see you stir
the dust of revelry, O freeborn lady—
The clashing waves, O free one
وتحذيفكby your shaving خَدَّيْكِyour two cheeks
وتحذيفك خَدَّيْكِ
وتجعيدكand your curling للطُّرَّهْof the forelock
وتجعيدك للطُّرَّهْ
by your shaving of your cheeks
Your cheeks' motion
and your curling of the forelock.
And your curling of braids