وهيفاءَand a slender-waisted one فيهاin her إنif تأمّلتyou ponder أمرَهاher nature
وهيفاءَ فيها إن تأمّلت أمرَها
عجائبُwonders لاnot يُبْديreveals سوىexcept الفكرthought سرَّهاtheir secret
عجائبُ لا يُبْدي سوى الفكر سرَّها
And a slender-waisted one—in her, if you ponder her nature,
And in it is a brilliance, if you were to contemplate its matter,
Are wonders whose secret thought alone reveals.
Wonders which only thought reveals their secret.
تقومُshe stands ولكنْand yet ليسnot تنقُلُshe moves رجلَهاher foot
تقومُ ولكنْ ليس تنقُلُ رجلَها
وترنوand she gazes ولكنand yet ليسnot تُطْبقshe closes شفرَهاher eyelid
وترنو ولكن ليس تُطْبق شفرَها
She stands, yet does not move her foot,
It stands but does not move its legs,
And gazes, yet does not close her eyelid.
It extends but does not shut its jaws.
إذاwhen نظرتْbehold منهاin her النواظرُeyes دوحةًa spreading tree
إذا نظرتْ منها النواظرُ دوحةً
رأتthey see بأعاليهاupon its heights منof النارِfire نَوْرَهاits blossoms
رأت بأعاليها من النارِ نَوْرَها
When eyes behold in her a spreading tree,
If gazes looked from it in yearning,
They see upon its heights its blossoms of fire.
They would see from its heights the light of fire.