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He kept me sleepless and was rough

أسهر جفني وعفا

1. He kept me sleepless and was rough
With sweet coquetry and aloofness

١. أَسهَرَ جَفني وَعَفا
حُلوُ دَلالٍ وَجفا

2. Had it not been for his form
I would not crave his stiff member

٢. ماكُنتُ لولا قَدّه
أَهوى القَضيب الأَهيَفا

3. His disdain is an illness but
His gaze brings healing, it's true

٣. صُدودُهُ داءٌ وَلَ
كِن نَظرَةٌ مِنهُ شِفا

4. He let me know intensity of longing
And passion made my heart recognize him

٤. عَرَّفَني فَرطَ الأَسى
وَالوَجدَ قَلبي عَرَّفا

5. An eyebrow drew for my murder
A thousand lines, it was fate

٥. واحَرَبا لِعارِضٍ
خَطَّ لِقَتلي أَلِفا

6. And an eye over me in
His power was lavish, went too far

٦. وَناظِرٍ عَلَيَّ في
سَطوَتِهِ قَد أَسرَفا

7. So my ransom is a body working
For it and a smooth cheek

٧. فَدَيتُ قَدّاً عامِلاً
لَهُ وَصدغاً مُشرِفا

8. And an eyebrow that befell me
With fervor, enough is my lot

٨. وَعارِضٍ وَقَعَ لي
بِالوَجدِ حَسبي وَكَفى

9. What's upon the one who wronged me
In love, if he would pardon me

٩. ماذا عَلى الجاني عَلَي
يَ في الهَوى لَو عَطَفى

10. The best of what was, if he
In his fairness would vindicate me

١٠. أَجودُ ما كانَ إِذا
عَنَّ لَهُ أَن يَنصِفا

11. And a lightning that provoked for me
Intense longing and sorrow

١١. وَبارِقٌ هَيَّجَ لي
فَرطَ الأَسى وَالأَسَفا

12. And a life that is past, so I
Did not find any alternative to it

١٢. وَعيشَةٍ وَلَّت فَما
وَجَدتُ عَنها خَلَفا