ألا يا لقومي من غزالة وجرة

ألا يا لقومي من غزالة وجرة

جفتني وعني أظهرت فرط نفرة

جفتني وعني أظهرت فرط نفرة

Ah, my people, come to my aid against the gazelle of Wajra!

Oh my people, from a delicate and precious gazelle

She shunned me and showed extreme aversion to me.

She has estranged me, as my infatuation was clearly apparent

دخلت ولما صرت منها بحضرة

دخلت ولما صرت منها بحضرة

نظرت إليها فاستحلت بنظرة

نظرت إليها فاستحلت بنظرة

I entered, and when I came into her presence,

I entered and when I came into her presence

I looked at her, and with a glance she deemed it lawful to shed

I looked upon her and with a glance I was enraptured

دمي ودمي غال فأرخصه الحبُّ

دمي ودمي غال فأرخصه الحبُّ

محجبة طرف الذي رامها عمي

محجبة طرف الذي رامها عمي

My blood—and my blood is precious, yet love made it cheap.

My blood, my precious blood, love has made it cheap

Veiled is she; the eye of whoever sought her went blind.

Veiled are the eyes that sought her blindly

لها كل حسن في البرية ينتمي

لها كل حسن في البرية ينتمي

بذلت لها روحي وجسمي مرتمي

بذلت لها روحي وجسمي مرتمي

All beauty in creation belongs to her.

She has every beauty that belongs to the wilderness

I offered her my soul, while my body lay prostrate.

I gave her my soul and my prone body

وغاليت في حبي لها ورأت دمي

وغاليت في حبي لها ورأت دمي

رخيصا فمن هذين داخلها العجبُ

رخيصا فمن هذين داخلها العجبُ

And I went to extremes in my love for her, and she deemed my blood

And I made my love for her expensive, but she saw my blood

Cheap; so these two things filled her with conceit.

As cheap, so of these two, wonder entered her