أنا من عينيكِ نشوانُ

أنا من عينيكِ نشوانُ

ومُدامُ الطرفِ ألوانُ

ومُدامُ الطرفِ ألوانُ

I am intoxicated by your eyes,

I am intoxicated by your eyes,

and the wine of the gaze has many hues.

The apple of my eyes, colors so sweet.

يا قضيباً كلُّ زاهرةٍ

يا قضيباً كلُّ زاهرةٍ

واجهَتْنا منه بستانُ

واجهَتْنا منه بستانُ

O slender branch, every blossom

O branches all in flower whenever we faced,

that faces us from it is a garden.

Before us was an orchard like heaven.

وجنةٌ كالجلّنارِ لها

وجنةٌ كالجلّنارِ لها

من ثِمارِ الصدرِ رُمّانُ

من ثِمارِ الصدرِ رُمّانُ

Hers is a cheek like pomegranate blossom;

A paradise it seemed with fruits,

among the fruits of her bosom are pomegranates.

Pomegranates on the bosom, pleasures replete.

بأبي أفديكِ مالكةً

بأبي أفديكِ مالكةً

عبدُها في الخُلْدِ رَضوانُ

عبدُها في الخُلْدِ رَضوانُ

I ransom you with my father, a queen

By my father I'd sacrifice all to you,

whose servant in Paradise is Ridwan.

His slave in eternity, joy complete.

جيّشَتْ من حُسنها وبدَتْ

جيّشَتْ من حُسنها وبدَتْ

وهي دامَ المُلْكُ سُلطانُ

وهي دامَ المُلْكُ سُلطانُ

She mustered an army from her beauty and appeared,

In your beauty you shone as you came into view,

a sultan—may her reign endure!

Yours the kingdom forever absolute.

وسُيوفُ اللحظِ مخبرةٌ

وسُيوفُ اللحظِ مخبرةٌ

إنما الأجفانَ أجفانُ

إنما الأجفانَ أجفانُ

And the swords of her glance declare

Swords those glances that make clear,

that the eyelids are nothing but scabbards.

Only the eyelids veil their keen acuity.

حرّبي يا رمحُ قامتَها

حرّبي يا رمحُ قامتَها

ذا سنانٌ منك وسَنانُ

ذا سنانٌ منك وسَنانُ

Challenge her stature, O spear:

Trouble me, O lance, her form held high,

this is a drowsy spearpoint of yours.

With your point and edge so fine.

وا بلائي من مُخدّرةٍ

وا بلائي من مُخدّرةٍ

دونَها سورٌ وجُدْرانُ

دونَها سورٌ وجُدْرانُ

Alas, my torment from a secluded lady!

Woe to me from her intoxicating being!

A rampart and walls stand before her,

Around her, wall and battlement.

وأُسودٍ خافَ سطوَتَها

وأُسودٍ خافَ سطوَتَها

كلّما حازَتْهُ خَفانُ

كلّما حازَتْهُ خَفانُ

and lions whose might was feared

Lions that fear her might,

by all that Khafan enclosed;

When she takes them they're defanged.

ورقيبٍ لو يلاحظُها

ورقيبٍ لو يلاحظُها

لتثنّى وهْو غَيرانُ

لتثنّى وهْو غَيرانُ

and a watchman who, if he gazed at her,

A sentry, if he saw her passing by,

would sway, even in his jealousy.

Would melt though now in rage.

خضتُ بحرَ الهولِ أطلبُها

خضتُ بحرَ الهولِ أطلبُها

درّةً والبحرُ طوفانُ

درّةً والبحرُ طوفانُ

I waded through the sea of terror, seeking her,

I dared the sea of awe to find her -

a pearl, though the sea was a deluge.

Pearl while the sea a whirlpool churned.

فأعانَ السعدُ واتّفقَتْ

فأعانَ السعدُ واتّفقَتْ

وسعودُ المرءِ أعوانُ

وسعودُ المرءِ أعوانُ

Then good fortune helped, and things came together;

Fortune helped and all aligned,

and a man's good fortunes are allies.

For a man, his friends are fortune's guide.

فبكفّي أيُّ لؤلؤةٍ

فبكفّي أيُّ لؤلؤةٍ

ما لَها في الدُرِّ أثمانُ

ما لَها في الدُرِّ أثمانُ

So in my palm—what a pearl!

In my palm what pearl can there be

Among pearls, no price can be put on her.

That matches her in all world so wide?

قل لعذّالي فلا حَضَروا

قل لعذّالي فلا حَضَروا

ولحُسّادي فلا كانوا

ولحُسّادي فلا كانوا

Tell my reproachers—may they never come—

Say to those who blame me, no matter their role,

and my enviers—may they never exist:

And those envious that plot and connive -

كلُّ يومٍ لي بها ولكَمْ

كلُّ يومٍ لي بها ولكَمْ

في تصاريفِ الرّدى شانُ

في تصاريفِ الرّدى شانُ

Each day is mine with her; as for you,

Each day with her is mine, no matter life's shape,

your business lies in death's vicissitudes.

In the cycles of fate, honor and drive.