وما مُغْزِلٌ تحْنو لأَكْحَل أَيْنَعَت

وما مُغْزِلٌ تحْنو لأَكْحَل أَيْنَعَت

لها بِمَرَوْراةَ الشروجُ الدَّوافِعُ

لها بِمَرَوْراةَ الشروجُ الدَّوافِعُ

Nor any doe bends over a dark-eyed fawn—grown lush have

And no doe bending tenderly toward a dark-eyed fawn—grown lush

A spindle does not bend for the bluest dye,

for her, at Marawrāt, the gushing ravines—

for her at Marawrāt are the rushing watercourses—

Though it be swayed by the twists of Alreesh.

إذا استيقظته شمَّ بطناً كأنه

إذا استيقظته شمَّ بطناً كأنه

بعمبوءةٍ وافى بها الهندَ رادع

بعمبوءةٍ وافى بها الهندَ رادع

when she wakes him, he sniffs a belly as though he were

when she wakes him, he sniffs a belly as though it were

When awakened, it smells a belly as though

at a perfume vessel with which a perfume-stained man reached India.

in a perfume vessel that a perfume-scented man had brought to India.

It were ambergris, brought by India as a gift.