مصريةٌan Egyptian woman كأنَّهاas though she were
مصريةٌ كأنَّها
بدرٌa full moon فجلَّso exalted is مَنْthe One who خَلَقْcreated
بدرٌ فجلَّ مَنْ خَلَقْ
An Egyptian woman, as though she were
An Egyptian woman, as though she were
a full moon—exalted is He who created her!
a full moon—exalted is He who created her!
تملقَتْshe flattered مكراًwith guile ولاand not
تملقَتْ مكراً ولا
يُنكرُis deemed strange مِنْfrom مصرَEgypt الملَقْflattery
يُنكرُ مِنْ مصرَ الملَقْ
She wheedled with guile; and no one would
She flattered with guile; nor
fault such wheedling from Egypt.
is flattery from Egypt surprising.
