عُقَيلِيَّةٌa woman of ʿUqayl أَوor مِنof هِلالِHilāl بنِson of عامِرٍʿĀmir
عُقَيلِيَّةٌ أَو مِن هِلالِ بنِ عامِرٍ
بذيat Dhū الرِمثِal-Rimth مِنin وادِيWādī (valley) المِياهِal-Miyāh (the waters) خِيَامُهاher tents
بذي الرِمثِ مِن وادِي المِياهِ خِيَامُها
A woman of ʿUqayl, or of Hilāl ibn ʿĀmir;
She is from Uqayl or from Hilal son of 'Amir
Her tents are at Dhū al-Rimth in Wādī al-Miyāh.
Her tents are in Dhu'l-Rumath, in the valley of water
إِذاwhen اِبتَسَمَتshe smiles فيin الليلِthe night وَالليلُand the night دُونَهاbetween us and her
إِذا اِبتَسَمَت في الليلِ وَالليلُ دُونَها
أَضاءَilluminates دُجىdarkness الليلِthe night البَهِيمِpitch-black اِبتِسامُهاher smile
أَضاءَ دُجى الليلِ البَهِيمِ اِبتِسامُها
When she smiles at night, with night between us and her,
When she smiles in the night and the night is dark around her
Her smile illuminates the darkness of the pitch-black night.
Her smile illuminates the ignorant night's darkness