وَمُهَفهَفٍ خَطَراتُهُ خَطَرُ

وَمُهَفهَفٍ خَطَراتُهُ خَطَرُ

حوريُّ في لَحَظاتِهِ حَوَرُ

حوريُّ في لَحَظاتِهِ حَوَرُ

And a slender-waisted one whose swaying steps are peril;

His charming gestures are full of charm,

Houri-like, with dark-eyed beauty in his glances;

A houri in his moments of coquetry.

قَمَرٌ وَلَكِن تَحتَهُ غُصُنُ

قَمَرٌ وَلَكِن تَحتَهُ غُصُنُ

غُصنٌ وَلَكِن فَوقَهُ قَمَرُ

غُصنٌ وَلَكِن فَوقَهُ قَمَرُ

A moon, and yet beneath it is a branch;

A moon but underneath is a branch,

A branch, and yet above it is a moon.

A branch but above it is a moon.