تَجلوshe polishes بِقادِمَتيwith the two foremost wing-feathers of قَمريّةٍa turtledove بَرَداhailstones (a metaphor for teeth)
تَجلو بِقادِمَتي قَمريّةٍ بَرَدا
غُرّاًgleaming white تُرىare seen فيin مَجاريthe channels of ظَلمِهِits glistening moisture أشَراserrations
غُرّاً تُرى في مَجاري ظَلمِهِ أشَرا
With a turtledove’s two foremost wing-feathers, she polishes teeth like hailstones,
My moonglow footsteps glimmer with cold light
gleaming white, with serrations visible in the channels of their sheen.
Blushing, you see, down passages of night