قدكyour figure أمor غصنٌa branch يميلsways معwith الصباthe east wind
قدك أم غصنٌ يميل مع الصبا
فعطفكfor your sway هذاthis ليسnot يعرفهknows it قدa figure
فعطفك هذا ليس يعرفه قد
Is that your figure, or a branch swaying with the east wind?
Your stature is like a branch bending with the breeze
For no figure knows this sway of yours.
Such grace as this, form knows naught
وليسand it is not بردفٍa rump تحتbeneath خصرٍa waist كماas أرىI see
وليس بردفٍ تحت خصرٍ كما أرى
ولكنbut هذاthis ربوةٌa hillock فوقهاabove it وهدa hollow
ولكن هذا ربوةٌ فوقها وهد
And what I see is no rump beneath a waist,
It is no knoll beneath the hips that I see
but this is a hillock with a hollow above it.
But a hill above which lies a valley