1. A maiden guarded the poppies of her cheek
From my admiring gaze with a glance and an eyebrow
١. ومَلِيكَةٍ صَانَتْ شَقَائِقَ خَدّهَا
مِنْ نَاظِرَيَّ بِنَاظِرٍ وبِحَاجِبِ
2. She was decisive in breaking my enchantment and veiled herself
From the eyes of her admirer by raising her eyebrows
٢. جَزَمَتْ بِكَسْرِ حُشَاشَتِي وَتَحَجَّبَتْ
عَنْ عَيْنِ نَاظِرِهَا بِرَفْعِ الحَاجِبِ
3. And she uprooted the bird of my heart, having shot
With the arrows of a glance, despite stern eyebrows
٣. وَاسْتَأصَلَتْ طَيْرَ الفُؤَادِ وَقَدْ رَمَتْ
بِسِهَام لَحْظٍ عَنْ قِسِيّ حَوَاجِبِ
4. I called to her "Stop!" and her glance called out
"Is not your heart one of the birds of fate?"
٤. نَادَيْتُهَا كُفِّي فَنَادَى لَحْظُهَا
أوَ لَيْسَ قَلْبُكَ من طَيَورِ الوَاجِبِ