قالوا لفاتنتي وقد رقدت

قالوا لفاتنتي وقد رقدت

قومي اصبَحينا زقزق الحجلُ

قومي اصبَحينا زقزق الحجلُ

They said to my enchantress as she lay asleep:

They said to my beloved as she slept,

"Rise, serve us our morning drink; the partridge has chirped!"

"Arise, for morn has come, the partridges sing."

حتى إذا هب النشاط بها

حتى إذا هب النشاط بها

وانحط عن أعطافها الكسل

وانحط عن أعطافها الكسل

Then, when vigor stirred within her

Then when energy stirred within her

And languor fell away from her flanks,

And sloth fell away from her shoulders,

حاروا وقالوا كيف تحملها

حاروا وقالوا كيف تحملها

أقدامها وبردفها جبل

أقدامها وبردفها جبل

They were bewildered and said, "How can she be carried

They were amazed, saying, "How can she bear

By her feet, with a mountain at her rump?"

Her feet when her buttocks are a mountain?"