1. محجوبة عن ناظري

    ساكنة بخاطري

    Veiled from my sight,

    dwelling in my thoughts.

  2. هي الغزال إنما

    تلفت لفت الغادر

    She is a gazelle, except that

    she turns as a traitor turns.

  3. عادلة لكنها

    تظهر فعل الجائر

    She is just, but she

    displays an oppressor's conduct.

  4. قد ذيلت جبينها ال

    بدري بليل ساتر

    She has draped her brow,

    bright as the full moon, in a veiling night.

  5. وأشغلت أهل الهوى

    بفك طرف ساحر

    And she has kept lovers busy

    deciphering a bewitching glance.

  6. وأصلتت من جفنها

    نصل حسام باتر

    And from her eyelid she has drawn

    the blade of a keen, cleaving sword.

  7. وجرحت قلباً بها

    خالف رأي العاذر

    And she has wounded a heart that, for her sake,

    defied the pardoner's counsel.

  8. ويلاه منها ظبيةً

    تفعل في السرائر

    Alas for me, because of her—a doe

    who works upon the innermost thoughts.

  9. تحلو ولكن سهمها

    يمر في المرائر

    She is sweet, yet her arrow

    passes through the gallbladders.

  10. أشكو لها وما عسى

    لأن خصمي آمري

    I complain to her—but what can it avail,

    since my adversary is my commander?

  11. أواه من غرامها

    وقلة التزاور

    Ah, for love of her,

    and the rarity of mutual visits,

  12. ومن اليم بعدها

    وضعف حظي القاصر

    and the agony of her absence,

    and the weakness of my meager fortune!