نَفسي الفِداءُ لمن حَبَتْني كفُّهُ

نَفسي الفِداءُ لمن حَبَتْني كفُّهُ

تُفَّاحتينِ حكاهُما في الطيبِ

تُفَّاحتينِ حكاهُما في الطيبِ

My soul be ransom for the one whose hand bestowed on me

May my soul be the ransom for him whose hand bestowed on me

two apples—whose fragrance he matched.

Two apples, which he matched in fragrance.

فحلفتُ أني ما كحلتُ نواظري

فحلفتُ أني ما كحلتُ نواظري

بمُشاكلٍ لهما ولا بضَريبِ

بمُشاكلٍ لهما ولا بضَريبِ

I swore that never had I lined my eyes

So I swore that I had never kohled my eyes

with anything resembling them, or any peer.

With anything like them, nor with an equal.

فتَورَّدت وتعصْفَرَتْ وجناتُهُ

فتَورَّدت وتعصْفَرَتْ وجناتُهُ

إذْ قُلْتُ ذاك فأسرعَتْ تَكْذِيبي

إذْ قُلْتُ ذاك فأسرعَتْ تَكْذِيبي

Then his cheeks turned rose-red and saffron-gold

Then his cheeks turned rosy and safflower-hued

when I said that, and hastened to give me the lie.

When I said that, and hastened to prove me wrong.