طرقتكshe visited you by night زائرةًas a visitor فحيso greet خيالهاher apparition
طرقتك زائرةً فحي خيالها
بيضاءُfair-skinned تخلطُshe mingles بالحياءِwith modesty دلالَهاher coquetry
بيضاءُ تخلطُ بالحياءِ دلالَها
A visitor came to you by night—so welcome her apparition.
She came to you by night as a visitor; so greet her apparition.
A fair one, mingling her coyness with modesty.
Fair-skinned, she mingles her coquetry with modesty.
هلcan you …? تطمسونَyou blot out منfrom السماءِthe sky نجومهاits stars
هل تطمسونَ من السماءِ نجومها
بأكفكمwith your palms أوor تسترونyou conceal هلالهاits crescent moon
بأكفكم أو تسترون هلالها
Can you blot the stars from the sky
Can you blot the stars out of the sky
with your palms, or conceal its crescent moon?
With your palms, or conceal its crescent moon?
