Brighter than spring dawn

Like a holy statue,
frozen at the altar,
She stood motionless
brighter than spring dawn.
But her peers take her out,
and antelope proudly
She swims with a light gait
proudly among the girlfriends ...
Her from the gaze of curious
hid long and hard,
And rejoices on her cheeks
blush young, rebellious.
"Do you love her?" - asked,
and I answered without hesitation:
“My love is immeasurable,
like stars in the sky, like grains of sand.
Who stole my soul
she is admirable:
How did she manage to -
ask! - is this a kidnapping? .. ".

Omar ibn Abi Rabia (644-712). Translation by E. Nikolaevskaya