ماسواthey swayed قُضُباًsupple boughs وأَسفَرواand they shone forth أَقماراmoons
ماسوا قُضُباً وأَسفَروا أَقمارا
فيin لَيلِnight شُعورٍtresses تَهتِكُrend الأَستاراthe veils
في لَيلِ شُعورٍ تَهتِكُ الأَستارا
They swayed like supple boughs and shone forth like moons,
In a night of tresses, rending the veils.
كَمhow many قَدindeed كَسَرواthey broke بِكَسرِwith the drooping of أَجفانِهِمُtheir eyelids
كَم قَد كَسَروا بِكَسرِ أَجفانِهِمُ
فيin مَوكِبِthe procession of جِيشِthe army of حُسنِهمtheir beauty جَبَّاراa mighty man
في مَوكِبِ جِيشِ حُسنِهم جَبَّارا
How many have they broken with the droop of their eyelids—
Mighty men, amid the procession of their beauty’s army!