ومرقصةand a woman rocking her child قدalready مالhad slipped sideways كورthe wrapped folds خمارهاof her headscarf
ومرقصة قد مال كور خمارها
منعناwe protected إذاwhen ماan emphatic particle أعجلتshe was hurried إنif (apparently intended as أن, ‘to,’ here) تَخمَّراveil herself
منعنا إذا ما أعجلت إن تَخمَّرا
And a woman rocking her child, whose headscarf’s folds had slipped—
And there is a gourd whose tipsy vine trembles,
We protected her when she was hurried, with no time to veil herself.
preventing us if we hasten when it is veiled.