تمايلت برداء نقش رقعته

تمايلت برداء نقش رقعته

قد خط فيه حبالاً خالص الذهب

قد خط فيه حبالاً خالص الذهب

She swayed in a robe whose patch was patterned;

Her cloak billowed with embroidered designs

Pure gold had traced cords upon it.

Woven with threads of pure gold

وأقبلت تتجلى بالعجب فيه على

وأقبلت تتجلى بالعجب فيه على

طرز بديع أتى للناس بالعجب

طرز بديع أتى للناس بالعجب

And she came forward, proudly displaying herself in it, in

She approached, astounding in her splendor

An exquisite style that filled people with wonder.

With amazing handiwork that astonished all

فاستخطفت بأرا واستكشفت قمراً

فاستخطفت بأرا واستكشفت قمراً

واستلفتت ريم إنسان من العرب

واستلفتت ريم إنسان من العرب

Then she snatched away [unclear word] and unveiled a moon,

I glimpsed the moon peeking through her veil

And drew attention—a human gazelle from among the Arabs.

And borrowed an Arabian poem for mankind