وقَدand indeed دَخَلتُI entered عَلَىupon الحسناءِthe beautiful woman كِلَّتَهاher curtained enclosure
وقَد دَخَلتُ عَلَى الحسناءِ كِلَّتَها
بَعدafter الهُدُوءِthe stillness تَضيءُshe shines كالصَّنَمِlike an idol
بَعد الهُدُوءِ تَضيءُ كالصَّنَمِ
And I entered upon the beautiful woman, as her curtained canopy,
And I had entered the fair one's curtained enclosure,
after the hush, shone like an idol.
After the hush, as she shone like an idol.
يَنصفُهاserves her نُستُقٌservants تَكادُshe almost تُكرِمُهُمdeems them too noble
يَنصفُها نُستُقٌ تَكادُ تُكرِمُهُم
عَنِfor النَّصَافَةِservice كالغِزلانِlike gazelles فيamong السَّلَمِthe acacias
عَنِ النَّصَافَةِ كالغِزلانِ في السَّلَمِ
A nūstuq girdle spans her waist; she almost deems it too noble
Servants attended her, whom she almost deemed too noble
to divide her in two—like gazelles amid the salām trees.
For service—like gazelles among the acacias.
