1. وضعيفةِ الألحاظ ساحرةٍ

    زادت لواحظُها على السحر

    And a bewitching woman with languid glances—

    her glances surpassed sorcery.

  2. صفراء يحسبها محدِّثُها

    ذَهَباً يكاد بَضَاضَةً يجري

    Golden-hued, whoever speaks with her takes her

    for gold, so soft it almost flows.

  3. فكأنما خَفَرُ الحياءِ بها

    سُقْمٌ غدت منه على سكر

    It is as though her bashful modesty

    were a sickness that left her intoxicated.

  4. وكأنّ رقَةَ لفظها جمعت

    طِيبَ الوصال ولذّةَ البِشر

    And as though the delicacy of her speech combined

    the sweetness of union and the delight of cheerfulness.

  5. فحديثُها كالبُرء أو كَرِضا الْ

    مَحْبُوب بعد السُّخْط والهجر

    So her conversation is like healing, or like the favor of the

    beloved after anger and estrangement.

  6. إن قلّ أدّته بلا لَبَثٍ

    أو طال نَصَّته بلا هَذْر

    If it is brief, she delivers it without delay;

    or, if long, she sets it forth without idle chatter.

  7. ترتجّ من ثِقَلِ روادفُها

    حتّى تنوءَ بدقّة الخَصْر

    Her buttocks quiver with their weight,

    till her slender waist can scarcely bear them.

  8. فكأنها قمر على غُصُنٍ

    قد لاح في ليلٍ من الشَّعْر

    So she is like a moon upon a branch,

    shining forth in a night of hair.

  9. في صفرة كالخمر شاهدةٍ

    أنّ الجمالَ المحضَ للصُّفْر

    In a wine-like golden hue, attesting

    that pure beauty belongs to the golden-hued.

  10. وإذا مشتْ من لينها اضطربت

    مثلَ اضطراب الموجِ فِي البحر

    And when she walks, her suppleness makes her sway

    like the surging of waves in the sea.

  11. وكأنها تخطو إذا نهضت

    فوق المناصل أو على الجمر

    And when she rises, it is as though she steps

    over sword blades or upon glowing embers.

  12. لا تعذُلِوا فيها المحبَّ فقد

    قامتْ له بجوامع العُذْر

    Do not reproach the lover on her account, for

    she has furnished him with every excuse.