فأبرزتهاso I brought her forth عذراءa virgin فيin زِيّthe garb of غادةa graceful maiden
فأبرزتها عذراء في زِيّ غادة
تُرَفّis fanned علىin وجهthe spirit of الدُعابةplayfulness والهَزْلand jest
تُرَفّ على وجه الدُعابة والهَزْل
So I brought her forth, a virgin in a graceful maiden’s garb,
She revealed herself, a maiden in the garb of a gazelle,
Fanned in a spirit of playfulness and jest.
Her face glowing with playfulness and jest.
وماand not ثمَّthere إِلاّexcept نبعَةa sapling الشعرpoetry نبعةa sapling
وما ثمَّ إِلاّ نبعَة الشعر نبعة
يرنّsing out بهاin it طيرُthe birds of الفصاحةeloquence والنبلand nobility
يرنّ بها طيرُ الفصاحة والنبل
And there is nothing there but poetry’s sapling—a sapling
Nothing but a spring of poetry, a spring
In which the birds of eloquence and nobility sing out.
Where the birds of eloquence and nobility sing.