ومُمَشّقِ الحركاتِ تَحْسَبُ نِصْفَهُ

ومُمَشّقِ الحركاتِ تَحْسَبُ نِصْفَهُ

لولا التَمَنْطُقُ مائلاً عن نِصْفِهِ

لولا التَمَنْطُقُ مائلاً عن نِصْفِهِ

And one with lithe movements—you would think half of him,

With curving strokes drawn, you'd think it half,

But for his girdle, was leaning away from his other half.

Were it not for dots and tails set off.

يَسْعى إليَّ بكأسِهِ فكأنّما

يَسْعى إليَّ بكأسِهِ فكأنّما

يَسْعى إليَّ بِدُرَّةٍ في كَفِّه

يَسْعى إليَّ بِدُرَّةٍ في كَفِّه

He hastens toward me with his cup, and it is as though

He holds the cup out, coming to me-

He hastens toward me with a pearl in his palm.

As if a pearl he proffers in his palm.