لَها جيدُ ظَبيٍ واهتِزازُ يراعةٍ

لَها جيدُ ظَبيٍ واهتِزازُ يراعةٍ

وعَينا مَهاةٍ واعتِدالُ قَضيبِ

وعَينا مَهاةٍ واعتِدالُ قَضيبِ

She has a gazelle’s neck and a reed’s sway,

With the neck of a graceful gazelle and the swaying of a sapling,

And an oryx’s eyes and a slender branch’s straightness,

Eyes of a doe and the poise of a wand,

وَلَفظةُ مَنّاعٍ ولَحظَةُ باذلٍ

وَلَفظةُ مَنّاعٍ ولَحظَةُ باذلٍ

وعتبُ بَريءٍ واغتيابُ مُريبِ

وعتبُ بَريءٍ واغتيابُ مُريبِ

And a withholder’s utterance and a generous giver’s glance,

Words of a refusal, yet a look of consent,

And an innocent person’s reproach and a suspect’s backbiting,

Reproach, yet innocent, censure, yet dubious,

وإيماضُ ذي جِدٍّ وإعراضُ هازلٍ

وإيماضُ ذي جِدٍّ وإعراضُ هازلٍ

وسَورَةُ ذي طيشٍ وعطفُ لبيبِ

وسَورَةُ ذي طيشٍ وعطفُ لبيبِ

And an earnest person’s flashing glance and a jester’s turning away,

A wink of sincerity, yet a turn of one who jests,

And a reckless person’s fury and a wise person’s tenderness.

Playful, yet wise, the manner of the bright one I love.