1. زان طرفها الحور

    زاغ نحوها البصر

    Dark irises against white adorned her eyes.

    The gaze strayed toward her.

  2. يال أعين فتكت

    راش سهمها النظر

    Oh, those eyes that slew!

    The gaze fletched her arrow.

  3. القسي حواجبها

    واللواحظ الوتر

    Her eyebrows are the bows,

    And her glances the bowstring.

  4. والشعور مرسلة

    الشعاع منتشر

    And her tresses are let loose;

    The radiance spreads.

  5. والشفاه إن بسمت

    الشقيق والزهر

    And her lips, when they smile,

    Are red anemones and blossoms;

  6. أو هما ولا شبه

    العقيق والدرر

    Or the two, beyond compare,

    Are carnelian and pearls.

  7. واحمرار وجنتها

    الرحيق معتصر

    And the blush of her cheek

    Is pure wine, pressed out.

  8. واعتدال قامتها

    في القضيب منحصر

    And the upright grace of her figure

    Is contained in a slender bough.

  9. تنثني به غصنا

    حين يجتني الثمر

    She bends with it like a branch

    When one plucks the fruit.

  10. ذامها ولا حرج

    الجمال والصغر

    Her fault—and there is no blame—

    Is beauty and youth.

  11. إن رنت وإن خطرت

    الغزال والقمر

    When she gazes, and when she sways,

    She is the gazelle and the moon.

  12. إن شدت وإن رقصت

    الهزار والوتر

    When she sings, and when she dances,

    She is the nightingale and the string.

  13. نشوة الرجال وكم

    بالجمال قد سكروا

    She is men's intoxication; and how many

    Have grown drunk on beauty!

  14. نحن في الحدائق مر

    فوعة لنا سرر

    We are in the gardens; up-

    raised for us are couches.

  15. والكريم ذو طرب

    في الهوى له وطر

    And the noble man is full of rapture;

    In love he has a longing.

  16. عندها الفؤاد ولي

    فيه بالجوى أثر

    My heart is with her, and I have

    Within it a mark of love's anguish.

  17. هكذا النعيم لمن

    عاش هكذا العمر

    Such is bliss for one who

    Has lived his life this way.