1. تعرضن للشمس المضيئة جهرة

    وأهدينها الأجساد بطنا إلى ظهر

    They exposed themselves openly to the shining sun,

    And offered her their bodies, from belly to back.

  2. ولو نطقت شمس النهار لسبحت

    بحمد الذي قد صاغهن من التبر

    And had the sun of day spoken, she would have sung

    The praises of Him who fashioned them from raw gold.

  3. وما الشمس أبهى من جمال منور

    تجول بخديه لوامعة الزهر

    The sun is no more splendid than a radiant beauty

    Across whose cheeks the gleams of blossoms roam.

  4. وما ذلك اللنش الذي قدر كنبه

    وأسرعن بالمقذاف يلعبن في البحر

    And what of that launch they had boarded [wording uncertain],

    And sped along with the oar, playing upon the sea?

  5. عواصم لا تقوى على يد عاشق

    فكيف أطاقت غزوة البحر بالقهر

    Wrists [apparently intended] cannot withstand a lover's hand—

    How, then, could they bear storming the sea by force?

  6. وللضعف أحيانا على الفتك قدرة

    كما تفتك الصهباء بالأصيد الحر

    And weakness sometimes has the power to slay,

    As tawny wine lays low the proud, freeborn man.