فتاةٌa maiden جسمُهاher body كالماءlike water رَطبٌsoft
فتاةٌ جسمُها كالماء رَطبٌ
ولكنand yet قلبُهاher heart كالصخرِlike rock قاسِhard
ولكن قلبُها كالصخرِ قاسِ
A maiden whose body is soft as water,
A maiden whose body is soft as water,
yet whose heart is hard as stone.
yet whose heart is hard as rock.
وفتshe kept her word وَهناlate at night فوافتso she came وَصلَunion with صبٍّa passionate lover
وفت وَهنا فوافت وَصلَ صبٍّ
سقيمٍsick فيin الغرامpassionate love بغيرِwithout آسِa healer
سقيمٍ في الغرام بغيرِ آسِ
She stayed true; both grew faint. Then she came, bringing union to a lover
She kept her word late at night and came to unite with a lover,
sick with passion, with no healer.
sick with passion, without a healer.
