إِشارَةُ أُفواهٍ وَغَمزُ حَواجِبِ

إِشارَةُ أُفواهٍ وَغَمزُ حَواجِبِ

وَتَكسيرُ أَجفانٍ وَكَفٌّ تُسَلِّمُ

وَتَكسيرُ أَجفانٍ وَكَفٌّ تُسَلِّمُ

Signals of mouths and winks of eyebrows,

Gestures of mouths and winks of eyelids

And fluttering eyelids, and a hand that greets;

And downcast gazes and hands that greet

وَأَلسُنُنا مَعقودَةٌ عَن شَكاتِنا

وَأَلسُنُنا مَعقودَةٌ عَن شَكاتِنا

وَأَبصارُنا عَنها الصَباباتُ تفهَمُ

وَأَبصارُنا عَنها الصَباباتُ تفهَمُ

And our tongues are tied, unable to voice our complaints,

While our tongues are muted from complaints

And from our eyes our passionate longings are understood.

Our eyes through veils do understand and meet