قال:

قال:

وساحِرِ المقلتين تحسَبُه

وساحِرِ المقلتين تحسَبُه

He said:

He said:

And one with bewitching eyes—you would think him

The enchanter of the two eyelids you would think

من حور عِين الجِنان منفَلِتا

من حور عِين الجِنان منفَلِتا

يَبسِمُ عن لؤلؤٍ وعن برَدٍ

يَبسِمُ عن لؤلؤٍ وعن برَدٍ

escaped from among Paradise’s wide-eyed houris.

Is one of the black-eyed Houris of Paradise set free

He smiles, revealing pearls and hailstones,

Smiling with pearls and with hail

ما بين زهر العقيق قد فُتِتا

ما بين زهر العقيق قد فُتِتا

تكسف بدرَ السماء بهجتُه

تكسف بدرَ السماء بهجتُه

shattered amid the blossoms of carnelian.

Between the red cornelian his two lips have been opened

His splendor eclipses the full moon in the sky,

The full moon in the sky is dimmed by his splendor

وإن رنَتْ مقلتاه أسكرتا

وإن رنَتْ مقلتاه أسكرتا

فالوجهُ كالشمس مُذهَب شرِق

فالوجهُ كالشمس مُذهَب شرِق

and if his eyes gaze, they intoxicate.

And if his two eyelids chant, they intoxicate

So his face is like the sun, gilded and radiant,

So the face is like the rising sun in its glory

والصدرُ والجيدُ جوهر نُحِتا

والصدرُ والجيدُ جوهر نُحِتا

قلت له والغراب يعبثُ بي

قلت له والغراب يعبثُ بي

and his chest and neck are carved gems.

And the chest and the cheeks are sculpted jewels

I said to him, while the raven toyed with me

I said to him, while the crow plays with me

وناظري في سناه قد بُهِتا

وناظري في سناه قد بُهِتا

ألا وهل عطفَة تُعدّ مُنى

ألا وهل عطفَة تُعدّ مُنى

and my eye was dazzled by his radiance:

And my two eyes are confused by his teeth

“Ah, might a kindness, counted among my wishes,

Will there ever be an affection counted as desire

منكَ فإنّ العَذول قد شمِتا

منكَ فإنّ العَذول قد شمِتا

فقال منّي إليك شيْمُ سَنا

فقال منّي إليك شيْمُ سَنا

come from you? For the reproacher has gloated.”

From you, for aloofness has triumphed?

So he said, “From me you have a glimpse of radiance

So he said, "From me to you is the shame of absence

يسوم ذا الشوقِ في الهوى عنَتا

يسوم ذا الشوقِ في الهوى عنَتا

ومرّ كالبَدْرِ في سماوَتِه

ومرّ كالبَدْرِ في سماوَتِه

that inflicts hardship on the yearning one in love.”

That agonizes the passionate lover,

And he passed like the full moon in its heaven,

And he passed by like the full moon in his heavens

يختال في زهوِه وما التفتا

يختال في زهوِه وما التفتا

strutting in his pride, and did not look back.

Strutting in his arrogance and he did not turn back