وكأنما الأغصان يثنيها الصَبَا

وكأنما الأغصان يثنيها الصَبَا

والبدر من خلل يلوح ويحجب

والبدر من خلل يلوح ويحجب

And it is as though the branches, bent by the east wind,

As though the branches were bent by the breeze

and the full moon, appearing through gaps and becoming veiled,

And the moon peeks and hides through the gaps

حسناء قدقامت وأرخت شعرها

حسناء قدقامت وأرخت شعرها

في لجة والموج فيها يلعب

في لجة والموج فيها يلعب

were a beautiful woman who has risen and let down her hair

A beauty stood, letting down her hair

in deep water, where the waves play.

In the cove, where the waves playfully lap