أَخَذَتshe took مَحاسِنَthe charms of كُلِّall ماthat which
أَخَذَت مَحاسِنَ كُلِّ ما
ضَنَّتwere miserly مَحاسِنُهُits charms بِحُسنِهwith its beauty
ضَنَّت مَحاسِنُهُ بِحُسنِه
She took the fairest traits of everything
She took the charms of everything
whose charms jealously guarded its beauty.
whose charms jealously guarded its beauty.
كادَalmost الغَزالُthe gazelle يَكونُهاbe her
كادَ الغَزالُ يَكونُها
لَولاwere it not for الشَوىthe limbs وَنُشوزُand the jutting of قَرنِهits horn
لَولا الشَوى وَنُشوزُ قَرنِه
The gazelle was almost her,
The gazelle could almost be her,
were it not for its limbs and the jut of its horn.
but for its limbs and its jutting horn.
