وبِيضٍ جَوارٍ صَعَدنَ السُّطوحَ

وبِيضٍ جَوارٍ صَعَدنَ السُّطوحَ

فأقررْنَ أعينَ عشّاقِهِن

فأقررْنَ أعينَ عشّاقِهِن

Fair maidens mounted the rooftops

And fair-skinned maidens climbed the rooftops,

and gladdened the eyes of their lovers.

and so gladdened their lovers’ eyes.

صعدنَ السطوحَ فكانَ الصعودُ

صعدنَ السطوحَ فكانَ الصعودُ

سعوداً لطالعِ مُشتاقهِنْ

سعوداً لطالعِ مُشتاقهِنْ

They mounted the rooftops, and their ascent

They climbed the rooftops, and the ascent was

was good fortune for the rising star of the one who longed for them.

good fortune for their yearning admirer’s rising star.

فضَحنَ الغصونَ بقاماتِهِنَّ

فضَحنَ الغصونَ بقاماتِهِنَّ

وعُفْرَ الظِّباءِ بأعناقِهِن

وعُفْرَ الظِّباءِ بأعناقِهِن

They shamed the branches with their statures,

So they put the boughs to shame with their statures,

and with their necks cast the gazelles into the dust.

and the tawny gazelles with their necks.

وزادَتْ خلاخيلُ أَسواقهِنَّ

وزادَتْ خلاخيلُ أَسواقهِنَّ

نَفاقَ بضاعاتِ أَسواقِهِن

نَفاقَ بضاعاتِ أَسواقِهِن

The anklets upon their shanks increased

And the anklets on their shins increased

the brisk trade in the wares of their markets.

the brisk demand for the wares in their markets.