مَمْشُوقَةٌ في قَدِّها

مَمْشُوقَةٌ في قَدِّها

تَحْكي لَنا قَدَّ الأَسَلْ

تَحْكي لَنا قَدَّ الأَسَلْ

Tall and slender in her stature,

Slender of waist is she

she mirrors for us the form of rushes.

Telling of days gone by

كَأَنَّها عُمْرُ الفَتى

كَأَنَّها عُمْرُ الفَتى

وَالنَّارُ فيها كالأَجَلْ

وَالنَّارُ فيها كالأَجَلْ

She is like a young man's life,

As if she were the life of a youth

and the fire within her is like death.

And in her a fire like fate