1. In your eyes are the vanquishers of hearts,
God is in a chest without support.
١. في مُقلَتَيكِ مَصارِعُ الأَكبادِ
اللَهُ في جَنبٍ بِغَيرِ عِمادِ
2. It had a heart so passion prevailed over it,
It was conquered though it was among the strong.
٢. كانَت لَهُ كَبِدٌ فَحاقَ بِها الهَوى
قُهِرَت وَقَد كانَت مِنَ الأَطوادِ
3. And when souls revel in pleasure,
Their crimes are upon the bodies.
٣. وَإِذا النُفوسُ تَطَوَّحَت في لَذَّةٍ
كانَت جِنايَتُها عَلى الأَجسادِ
4. We awake yet only comfort is given to us to drink,
And sleep yet only slumber is given to us to eat.
٤. نَشوى وَما يُسقَينَ إِلّا راحَتي
وَسنى وَما يَطعَمنَ غَيرَ رُقادي
5. My weakness, how many strong ones have I worn out,
My illness, how many healers have I exhausted.
٥. ضَعفي وَكَم أَبلَينَ مِن ذي قُوَّةٍ
مَرضى وَكَم أَفنَينَ مِن عُوّادِ
6. O killer of eyes, for they
In the heat of what we pray, weaken the wasted.
٦. يا قاتَلَ اللَهُ العُيونَ فَإِنَّها
في حَرِّ ما نَصلى الضَعيفُ البادي
7. They killed our hearts in their lids,
Vanquished them and surrendered in shrouds.
٧. قاتَلنَ في أَجفانِهِنَّ قُلوبَنا
فَصَرَعنَها وَسَلِمنَ بِالأَغمادِ
8. And dyed their cheeks with its blood to get rid of it
And met the lovers with darkness.
٨. وَصَبَغنَ مِن دَمِها الخُدودَ تَنَصُّلاً
وَلَقينَ أَربابَ الهَوى بِسَوادِ