جاريَةٌ تَسحَرُ عَيناها

جاريَةٌ تَسحَرُ عَيناها

أَسفَلُها يَجذِبُ أَعلاها

أَسفَلُها يَجذِبُ أَعلاها

A slave girl whose eyes enchant;

A slave girl whose eyes bewitch;

A girl enchants her eyes

her lower part draws her upper part.

Her lower half pulls at her upper half.

Her lower half attracts her upper half

أَصبَحتُ أَهواها وأَهوى الرَدى

أَصبَحتُ أَهواها وأَهوى الرَدى

لِكُلِّ مَن أَصبَحَ يَهواها

لِكُلِّ مَن أَصبَحَ يَهواها

I have come to love her—and I desire death

I have come to love her, and to desire death

I have become infatuated with her and infatuated with perdition

for everyone who has come to love her.

For everyone who has come to love her.

For everyone who has become infatuated with her

نَفسي عَلى أَمرَين مَطبوعَةٌ

نَفسي عَلى أَمرَين مَطبوعَةٌ

حُبّي لَها أَو بُغضِ مَولاها

حُبّي لَها أَو بُغضِ مَولاها

My soul is disposed toward two things:

My soul is inclined toward two things:

My soul is imprinted on two matters

my love for her, or hatred of her master.

My love for her, or hatred of her master.

My love for her or the hatred of her master

قَد مَلَكتَني وَهيَ مَملوكَةٌ

قَد مَلَكتَني وَهيَ مَملوكَةٌ

فَصِرتُ أَخشاهُ وأَخشاها

فَصِرتُ أَخشاهُ وأَخشاها

You have possessed me, though she is the one enslaved;

She has possessed me, though she herself is owned;

She has possessed me while she is possessed

so I have come to fear him, and to fear her.

So I have come to fear him and fear her.

So I have come to fear him and fear her