فتاةُa young woman ماnot عرفناwe have known قطever منهاfrom her
فتاةُ ما عرفنا قط منها
بحمدwith praise to اللهGod إلاexcept كلall خيرgoodness
بحمد الله إلا كل خير
A girl—from her we have never known
A young woman of whom we have never known
—praise be to God—aught save goodness.
—praise be to God—anything but goodness.
فماso ... not تهوىshe loves سوىother than أيارMay شهراas a month
فما تهوى سوى أيار شهرا
وليسand is not إمامهاher imam غيرother than الزبيرal-Zubayr
وليس إمامها غير الزبير
She loves no month save May,
So she loves no month but May,
and none but al-Zubayr is her imam.
And her imam is none other than al-Zubayr.