أَعَنis it because تَغَنَّتsang عَلىupon ساقٍa branch مُطوَّقَةٌa ring-necked dove
أَعَن تَغَنَّت عَلى ساقٍ مُطوَّقَةٌ
وَرقاءُa gray dove تَدعوcalls هَديلاًa coo فَوقَabove أَعوادِboughs
وَرقاءُ تَدعو هَديلاً فَوقَ أَعوادِ
Is it because a ring-necked dove sang upon a branch—
The boughs are singing of a leg entwined,
A gray dove, cooing above the boughs?
While, above the wood's shade, murmurs a green maid