ياO خَليليَّmy two friends قِفاstop, you two تَحْbeneath (first part)
يا خَليليَّ قِفا تَحْ
تَbeneath (completion) ظِلالِthe shade of السَمُراتِthe acacia trees
تَ ظِلالِ السَمُراتِ
O my two friends, stop beneath
the shade of the acacia trees,
وَأَعيرانيَand lend me, you two طَرْفاًan eye
وَأَعيرانيَ طَرْفاً
شَرِقاًchoked بالعَبَراتِwith tears
شَرِقاً بالعَبَراتِ
and lend me an eye
choked with tears.
فَمِنfor from الخَيْفِal-Khayf بَدَتshe appeared ظَمْdark-lipped maiden (first part)
فَمِن الخَيْفِ بَدَت ظَمْ
ياءُdark-lipped maiden (completion) تَرمِيcasting الجَمَراتِthe ritual pebbles
ياءُ تَرمِي الجَمَراتِ
For from al-Khayf appeared a dark-lipped
maiden casting the ritual pebbles,
فيamong عَذارىmaidens بِجَلابيin cloaks (first part)
في عَذارى بِجَلابي
بِcloaks (completion) الدُّجَىof darkness مُعتَجِراتِwith their heads wrapped
بِ الدُّجَى مُعتَجِراتِ
among maidens, in cloaks
of darkness wrapped about their heads,
ثَمِلاتِdrunken الخَطوِin their step يَسحَبْtrail (verb continues)
ثَمِلاتِ الخَطوِ يَسحَبْ
نَthey (feminine plural ending) ذُيولَthe hems of الحِبَراتِthe striped robes
نَ ذُيولَ الحِبَراتِ
drunken of step, trailing
the hems of their striped robes.
فَتَرَكنَso they left القَلبَthe heart يَشكوcomplaining
فَتَرَكنَ القَلبَ يَشكو
ماwhat جَنَتْهُwrought it نَظَراتِيmy glances
ما جَنَتْهُ نَظَراتِي
So they left my heart complaining
of what my glances had wrought.