وظبيةand a gazelle منamong بناتthe daughters الأنسhumankind فيin يدهاher hand
وظبية من بنات الأنس في يدها
ووجههاand her face للصباfor youth والحسنand beauty خاتامُa seal
ووجهها للصبا والحسن خاتامُ
A gazelle-maiden, one of the daughters of delight—in her hand
And a gazelle among the daughters of humankind—in her hand
and face lies the seal of youth and beauty.
And on her face is a seal of youth and beauty.
قدalready حللتshe unfastened لؤلؤpearls الازرارthe buttons عنfrom دررpearls
قد حللت لؤلؤ الازرار عن درر
لهنfor them فيin ثغرهاher mouth الفضيsilvery أتوامtwins
لهن في ثغرها الفضي أتوام
She has loosened her pearly buttons, revealing pearls
She has unfastened the pearl buttons, revealing pearls
whose twins gleam within her silver-bright smile.
That have twins in her silvery mouth.
وزارتand visited الروضthe garden منهاfrom her مقلتانtwo eyes لهاof hers
وزارت الروض منها مقلتان لها
وحشيتانboth wild وعذبand sweet الريقsaliva بسامever-smiling
وحشيتان وعذب الريق بسام
And two eyes of hers came visiting the garden—
And the garden was visited by her two eyes,
wild gazelle-eyes—and a sweet-lipped, smiling mouth.
Both wild, and by a smiling mouth with sweet saliva.
والكأسand the cup للسكرfor intoxication التبريgolden صائغةa goldsmith
والكأس للسكر التبري صائغة
والماءand the water للحببfor the bubbles الدريpearl-like نظامa pearl-stringer
والماء للحبب الدري نظام
The cup is goldsmith to golden intoxication;
And the cup is a goldsmith for golden intoxication,
the water strings the lustrous bubbles like pearls.
And the water a stringer of pearl-like bubbles.
بثناour sorrow نكفكفwe wipe away بالكاساتwith the cups ادمعناour tears
بثنا نكفكف بالكاسات ادمعنا
كأنناas though we فيin حجورlaps الروضthe garden أيتامorphans
كأننا في حجور الروض أيتام
There we were, wiping away our tears with cups,
In our sorrow, we wipe away our tears with cups,
as though, in the garden’s lap, we were orphans.
As though we were orphans in the garden's lap.
