مَشَتْ فحكتْ مِشيةَ الجؤذرِ

مَشَتْ فحكتْ مِشيةَ الجؤذرِ

وأَشْبَهَتِ الصبحَ في المَنْظَرِ

وأَشْبَهَتِ الصبحَ في المَنْظَرِ

She walked, imitating the gait of an oryx calf,

She walked with the gait of a graceful gazelle

And resembled the dawn in appearance.

And resembled the dawn in her visage

وماسَتْ وقد جاذبتها الصَّبَا

وماسَتْ وقد جاذبتها الصَّبَا

ذيولاً من السندس الأَخضر

ذيولاً من السندس الأَخضر

And swayed, while the east wind tussled with her

The morning breeze blew her green silken dress

Over trailing hems of fine green silk.

As she gracefully swayed to and fro

فقلتُ قضيبُ النَّقَا يانعٌ

فقلتُ قضيبُ النَّقَا يانعٌ

يميسُ على حِقْفِه الأَغْفَرِ

يميسُ على حِقْفِه الأَغْفَرِ

So I said, "A flourishing branch of the dune

I said, “Like a slender palm tree is this maiden

Sways on its curved, dust-colored ridge."

Gently swaying on her delicate stem”

لقد فَضَلَتْ كلَّ ممشوقةٍ

لقد فَضَلَتْ كلَّ ممشوقةٍ

تتيهُ على القمر المُقْمِرِ

تتيهُ على القمر المُقْمِرِ

She has indeed surpassed every tall, slender woman

She surpasses all ladies who proudly strut

Who vaunts herself above the radiant moon,

Lost in their own vanity and whim

كما فضلَ الناسَ في مجدهمْ

كما فضلَ الناسَ في مجدهمْ

أبو جعفرِ بِن أَبي جعفَرِ

أبو جعفرِ بِن أَبي جعفَرِ

Just as all people were surpassed in their glory by

As Abu Ja’far ibn Abi Ja’far

Abu Ja'far, son of Abu Ja'far:

Surpasses all people in renown and fame

فَتىً إن دَجَا حادثٌ حالكٌ

فَتىً إن دَجَا حادثٌ حالكٌ

فمرآه كالفَلَقِ المُسْفِرِ

فمرآه كالفَلَقِ المُسْفِرِ

A youth—if a pitch-dark calamity casts its gloom,

A young man whose sharp intellect

Then the sight of him is like the radiant dawn.

Cuts through problems like a gleaming sword