ويليwoe is me علىfor أغيدa supple, graceful youth ممكورshapely, rounded of limb
ويلي على أغيد ممكور
وساحرٍand a sorcerer ليسis not بمسحورِbewitched
وساحرٍ ليس بمسحورِ
Woe is me for a graceful, shapely youth,
And a sorcerer who is not himself bewitched.
تؤثرهthey prefer him الحورthe houris عليناover us كماjust as
تؤثره الحور علينا كما
نؤثرهwe prefer him نحنwe ourselves علىover الحورِthe houris
نؤثره نحن على الحورِ
The houris prefer him to us, just as
We ourselves prefer him to the houris.