يا صغير السن يا مرهفه

يا صغير السن يا مرهفه

شوق نم جافيته اتلفه

شوق نم جافيته اتلفه

O young in years, O you who wear him thin,

O young one, O sensitive soul

The longing of the one you have shunned has destroyed him.

Whose ardent longing I've extinguished

إن تكن تقوى على طول النوى

إن تكن تقوى على طول النوى

فهو في بعدك ما أضعفه!

فهو في بعدك ما أضعفه!

If you can endure a long separation,

If you can endure prolonged anguish

How weak he is in your absence!

Then in your absence, how weak it becomes!

أو تكن لا تعرف الوجد الذي

أو تكن لا تعرف الوجد الذي

لم يبنه آن أن تعرفه

لم يبنه آن أن تعرفه

Or if you do not know the passion that

Or if you don't know the passion that

He has not revealed, it is time you knew it.

Was never meant for you to know

فلقد أدنيته من حتفه

فلقد أدنيته من حتفه

وسوى وصلك لن يسعفه

وسوى وصلك لن يسعفه

For you have brought him close to his death,

Then I've brought it dangerously close to demise

And nothing but union with you can save him.

And nothing other than being with you can save it

أنت قلب يبذل الوعد له

أنت قلب يبذل الوعد له

فإذا استنجزه سوفه

فإذا استنجزه سوفه

You are a heart that offers him a promise;

You're a heart that makes promises

But when he asks it to fulfill that promise, it puts him off.

Then conveniently forgets them

وجبين مشرق مؤتلق

وجبين مشرق مؤتلق

من رآه مرة أدفنه

من رآه مرة أدفنه

And a bright, radiant brow—

A radiant brow, irresistibly charming

It buries whoever sees it once.

He who sees you once, buries himself

وقوام يتهادى في الربى

وقوام يتهادى في الربى

فيقول البان ما أهيفه

فيقول البان ما أهيفه

And a figure swaying gracefully among the hills,

A figure swaying coquettishly through the bushes

So the bān tree says, “How slender it is!”

Making the onlooker exclaim, how graceful!

وفم لو قال من ينعته

وفم لو قال من ينعته

هو كالعناب ما عرفه

هو كالعناب ما عرفه

And a mouth—if someone describing it said,

And a mouth - if one were to describe it

“It is like a jujube,” he would not have known it.

It's like ripe grapes, unmatched

وثنايا لؤلؤ مؤتلف

وثنايا لؤلؤ مؤتلف

ألق سبحان من ألفه

ألق سبحان من ألفه

And front teeth—pearls harmoniously arrayed,

Curved cheeks, perfect pearls

Gleaming—glory to Him who joined them together!

Glory to Him who created them!

وعلى صدرك لحنا غرد

وعلى صدرك لحنا غرد

كلف الترجيع ما كلفه

كلف الترجيع ما كلفه

And upon your breast, a tuneful melody,

On your chest, a melody sings

Enamored of trilling—how enamored it is!

Taxing the echo with its complexity

وبأردافك حاد صلف

وبأردافك حاد صلف

مثقل خطوك ما أصلفه!

مثقل خطوك ما أصلفه!

And at your hips, a haughty camel-driver,

And in your hips, a protruding tilt

Weighing down your steps—how haughty he is!

Burdening your steps with its beauty!

فجميل منك بعد الظلم يا

فجميل منك بعد الظلم يا

أمل المحروم أن تنصفه

أمل المحروم أن تنصفه

So it would be gracious of you, after such injustice, O

So it's fair after the injustice, O

Hope of the deprived, to treat him justly.

Hope of the deprived, that you make amends