أواه من ظبي النقا ودلاله

أواه من ظبي النقا ودلاله

تلف الفؤاد بصده وبحاله

تلف الفؤاد بصده وبحاله

Alas for the gazelle of the sand dune and his coy grace!

O the gazelle with softness and charm,

The heart has perished from his rejection and his bearing.

She captivates the heart with her beauty and grace,

قد طرز الورد البهي بخده

قد طرز الورد البهي بخده

والمسك صيغة بنقطة خاله

والمسك صيغة بنقطة خاله

The radiant rose has been embroidered upon his cheek,

The radiant rose is embroidered on her cheek,

And musk takes form in the dot of his beauty mark.

And musk is designed with a mole on her face,

فالغصن يخجل من تلوى صخره

فالغصن يخجل من تلوى صخره

والأسد ترغب من ورود نباله

والأسد ترغب من ورود نباله

The bough blushes at the swaying of his waist [probably intended; literally 'rock'].

The branch is shy of the twisting of its rocks,

And lions fear the approach of his arrows [probably intended; literally 'desire'].

And the lion longs for the blossoming of its forests,

والبدر يلعب فوق بدر جبينه

والبدر يلعب فوق بدر جبينه

والشمص قد طويت بلوح جماله

والشمص قد طويت بلوح جماله

And the full moon plays above the full moon of his brow,

The moon plays upon the full moon of her forehead,

And the sun [probable reading] has been folded away by the gleam of his beauty.

And the sun is folded into the tablet of her beauty,

كأس المنون منوع في هجره

كأس المنون منوع في هجره

وحياة عاشقه بسر وصاله

وحياة عاشقه بسر وصاله

The cup of death takes many forms in his abandonment [reading uncertain],

The cup of death is denied in her abandonment,

And his lover's life lies in the secret of union with him.

And the life of her lover is in their union and intimacy,

وبه تولهت القلوب فكم له

وبه تولهت القلوب فكم له

مثلي بأكناف الملا من واله

مثلي بأكناف الملا من واله

And hearts are bewildered with love for him—how many are his,

For her the hearts are possessed, so for her

Like me, throughout humankind, distraught with love!

I have the likes of me in the sleeves of intimates,

ما غبت عنه وغبت فيه عن السوى

ما غبت عنه وغبت فيه عن السوى

قسماً بأسرار الرسول وآله

قسماً بأسرار الرسول وآله

I was never absent from him; in him I vanished from all else,

I did not disappear from her and disappeared in her from others,

I swear by the mysteries of the Messenger and his family.

I swear by the secrets of the Messenger and his progeny.