ومضمومةٍ في الخيزرانِ كأنّها

ومضمومةٍ في الخيزرانِ كأنّها

على يده من شعرهِ الفاحمِ الجعدِ

على يده من شعرهِ الفاحمِ الجعدِ

And a bundle held within bamboo, as though it were

And clasped in the poplar as if she were

upon his hand, part of his coal-black, curly hair.

On his hand, some of his dark curly hair,

تنيفُ عليهِ قدَّها فكأنّها

تنيفُ عليهِ قدَّها فكأنّها

قضيبٌ تعالى عن قضيبِ على بُعدِ

قضيبٌ تعالى عن قضيبِ على بُعدِ

It rises its own height above him, as though it were

She rubs her neck against it, as though it were

a twig risen far above another twig.

A rod, far from the rod of the distant one.

وقد خُنِقَت بالتَّبرِ حتّى كأنّما

وقد خُنِقَت بالتَّبرِ حتّى كأنّما

تهمُّ بأن تشكو لهُ ضائق العَقدِ

تهمُّ بأن تشكو لهُ ضائق العَقدِ

And it has been choked with gold, until it seems

And she is choked by abstinence, as if she meant

about to complain to him of the binding's tightness.

To complain to it of the tightness of the knot.