مرتshe passed بناby us فيin الديرthe monastery خمصانةslender-waisted
مرت بنا في الدير خمصانة
ساحرةbewitching الناظرthe beholder فتانهbeguiling
ساحرة الناظر فتانه
A slender-waisted woman passed us in the monastery,
Bewitching the beholder, beguiling.
أبرزهاbrought her out الرهبانthe monks منfrom خدرهاher secluded chamber
أبرزها الرهبان من خدرها
تعظمshe honors الديرthe monastery ورهبانهand its monks
تعظم الدير ورهبانه
The monks brought her out from her secluded chamber,
Honoring the monastery and its monks.
مرتshe passed بناby us تخطرshe sways gracefully فيin مشيهاher walk
مرت بنا تخطر في مشيها
كأنماas though قامتهاher stature بانهa bān tree
كأنما قامتها بانه
She passed us, swaying gracefully as she walked,
As though her figure were a bān tree.
هبتblew لهاupon her ريحa breeze فمالتand so swayed بهاher
هبت لها ريح فمالت بها
كماjust as تثنىbends غصنa sprig ريحانهa sweet-basil plant
كما تثنى غصن ريحانه
A breeze blew upon her and made her sway,
As a sprig of sweet basil bends.
فتيمتso she enthralled قلبيmy heart وهاجتand stirred up لهfor it
فتيمت قلبي وهاجت له
أحزانهits sorrows قدماof old وأشجانهand its griefs
أحزانه قدما وأشجانه
So she enthralled my heart and stirred within it
Its sorrows of old and its griefs.