فَتَقَopened الشَبابُyouth بِوَجنَتَيهاupon her two cheeks وَردَةًa rose
فَتَقَ الشَبابُ بِوَجنَتَيها وَردَةً
فيon فَرعِa bough إِسحِلَةٍan isḥil tree تَميدُsways شَباباwith youth
في فَرعِ إِسحِلَةٍ تَميدُ شَبابا
Youth opened a rose upon her cheeks,
On the bough of an isḥil tree swaying with youth.
وَضَحَتgleamed white سَوالِفُthe sides جيدِهاof her neck سوسانَةًa lily
وَضَحَت سَوالِفُ جيدِها سوسانَةً
وَتَوَرَّدَتand turned rosy أَطرافُهاher extremities عُنّاباjujube berries
وَتَوَرَّدَت أَطرافُها عُنّابا
The sides of her neck gleamed white as a lily,
And her extremities flushed red like jujube berries.
بَيضاءُfair-skinned فاضَoverflowed الحُسنُbeauty ماءًas water فَوقَهاover her
بَيضاءُ فاضَ الحُسنُ ماءً فَوقَها
وَطَفاand floated بِهِon it الدُرُّthe pearls النَفيسُprecious حَباباas bubbles
وَطَفا بِهِ الدُرُّ النَفيسُ حَبابا
She was fair-skinned; beauty poured over her like water,
And precious pearls floated on it as bubbles.
بَينَamong النُحورِthe throats قِلادَةًa necklace تَحتَbeneath الظَلامِthe darkness
بَينَ النُحورِ قِلادَةً تَحتَ الظَلامِ
غَمامَةًa cloud دونَbefore الصَباحِthe dawn نِقاباa veil
غَمامَةً دونَ الصَباحِ نِقابا
Among throats, a necklace; beneath the darkness,
A cloud; before the dawn, a veil.
نادَمتُهاI drank with her لَيلاًat night وَقَدand already طَلَعَتshe rose بِهِin it
نادَمتُها لَيلاً وَقَد طَلَعَت بِهِ
شَمساًas a sun وَقَدand already رَقَّgrew limpid الشَرابُthe wine سَراباas a mirage
شَمساً وَقَد رَقَّ الشَرابُ سَرابا
I drank with her by night, when she had risen in it,
As a sun, while the wine had grown limpid as a mirage.
وَتَرَنَّمَتand she sang حَتّىuntil سَمِعتُI heard حَمامَةًa dove
وَتَرَنَّمَت حَتّى سَمِعتُ حَمامَةً
حَتّىuntil إِذاwhen حَسَرَتshe unveiled herself زَجَرتُI drove off غُراباa crow
حَتّى إِذا حَسَرَت زَجَرتُ غُرابا
And she sang until I heard a dove,
Until, when she unveiled herself, I drove off a crow.