غانيةٌa beautiful woman بالحُسْنِthrough beauty غَانِيَّهْself-sufficient
غانيةٌ بالحُسْنِ غَانِيَّهْ
حاميةُardent الكعْثبِthe pubic mound حاميَّهْguarding
حاميةُ الكعْثبِ حاميَّهْ
A beauty, self-sufficient through beauty;
A beauty who enchants the hearts
Ardent in her intimate parts, yet guarding them;
Guardian of the desert, protector of its folk
كأَنهاas though she were بَدْرُthe full moon الدُّجىnight’s darkness قبلbefore أَنthat
كأَنها بَدْرُ الدُّجى قبل أَن
تأَخُذshe takes نورَthe light of الشمسthe sun عاريَّهْon loan
تأَخُذ نورَ الشمس عاريَّهْ
As though she were the full moon of night, before
Like the full moon of night before
she takes the sun’s light on loan.
It borrows the sun's naked light