عَينٌ وَتاءٌ وَباءٌ

عَينٌ وَتاءٌ وَباءٌ

قافٌ وَميمٌ وَراءُ

قافٌ وَميمٌ وَراءُ

ʿAyn, and tāʾ, and bāʾ (reproach).

An eye, a t, and a b

Qāf, and mīm, and rāʾ (moon).

A q, an m, and an r behind

هَيفاءُ ما لِيَ مِنها

هَيفاءُ ما لِيَ مِنها

باءٌ وَخاءٌ وَتاءُ

باءٌ وَخاءٌ وَتاءُ

A slender-waisted beauty—from her I have no

Heifa, what do I have of it

Bāʾ, and khāʾ, and tāʾ (luck).

A b, a kh, and a t

لَم يَبقَ لي في هَواها

لَم يَبقَ لي في هَواها

قافٌ وَلامٌ وَباءُ

قافٌ وَلامٌ وَباءُ

In my love for her, there remains to me no

There did not remain for me in her love

Qāf, and lām, and bāʾ (heart).

A q, or an l, or a b

كَأَنَّما الوَجهُ مِنها

كَأَنَّما الوَجهُ مِنها

صادٌ وَباءٌ وَحاءُ

صادٌ وَباءٌ وَحاءُ

Her face is as though it were

As if her face was

Ṣād, and bāʾ, and ḥāʾ (dawn).

A s, a b, and an h