كَالبَيضِlike eggs بِالأُدحِيِّin the ostrich’s nest يَلمَعُgleams فيin الضُحىthe morning light
كَالبَيضِ بِالأُدحِيِّ يَلمَعُ في الضُحى
فَالحُسنُso beauty حُسنٌbeauty وَالنَعيمُand bliss نَعيمُbliss
فَالحُسنُ حُسنٌ وَالنَعيمُ نَعيمُ
Like eggs in an ostrich’s nest, gleaming in the morning light.
Like pearls with the Milky Way shining at dawn
So beauty is beauty, and bliss is bliss.
Beauty is beauty, and bliss is bliss
حُلّينَthey were adorned مَنfrom دُرِّpearls البُحورِthe seas كَأَنَّهُas though it were
حُلّينَ مَن دُرِّ البُحورِ كَأَنَّهُ
فَوقَabove النُحورِthe throats إِذاwhen يَلوحُit gleams نُجومُstars
فَوقَ النُحورِ إِذا يَلوحُ نُجومُ
They were adorned with pearls of the seas, as though the pearls
Adorned with pearls from the seas, as though
Were stars when gleaming above their throats.
Above breasts when stars appear