1. وعروسٍ من بنات ال

    كَرم في سترٍ وخِدرِ

    And a bride among the daughters of the

    vine, beneath a veil and in a secluded chamber,

  2. برزت في خير دَرٍّ

    وعليها عِقد دُرِّ

    emerged in the finest outpouring,

    and upon her was a necklace of pearls.

  3. لو تراها في يدَي أح

    سنَ من يوسف مصرِ

    If you saw her in the hands of someone more

    handsome than Joseph of Egypt,

  4. قلتَ شمسٌ تتلالا

    طلعت في كفِّ بدرِ

    you would say, "A sparkling sun

    has risen in the palm of a full moon."