إن غاب عني جمالك

إن غاب عني جمالك

فنصب عني خيالك

فنصب عني خيالك

If your beauty is absent from me,

If your beauty is absent from me

Then your image stands [before my eyes].

Then your image is still before me

يا سيدي كيف حالك

يا سيدي كيف حالك

لا غير اللضه حالك

لا غير اللضه حالك

O my master, how are you?

My master, how are you?

May God never change your state.

Nothing but gentleness is your state

بحرمة العهد سالك

بحرمة العهد سالك

لا تحرمني وصالك

لا تحرمني وصالك

By the sanctity of the pledge, I beseech you:

I implore you by the covenant between us

Do not deny me union with you.

Do not deprive me of your company

قد أرشقتني نبالك

قد أرشقتني نبالك

من لحظ ساجي نجالك

من لحظ ساجي نجالك

Your arrows have indeed struck me,

Your glances have illuminated me

From the languid glance of your wide eyes.

From the tender gaze of your eyes

باللَه يا أهيف القد

باللَه يا أهيف القد

لا تكثر الهجر والصد

لا تكثر الهجر والصد

By God, O you of slender figure,

By God, O slender-waisted one

Do not prolong estrangement and rejection.

Do not prolong your estrangement and aloofness

من فرقتك صرت معمد

من فرقتك صرت معمد

والطرف مني مسهد

والطرف مني مسهد

Separation from you has left me love-stricken,

Since your separation I have become immersed

And my eyes are kept sleepless.

And my eyes are tearful

الكعب يا باهي الخد

الكعب يا باهي الخد

لجيب جبتك قدّد

لجيب جبتك قدّد

The breast-bud, O radiant-cheeked one,

O you of radiant cheek

Has ripped the neckline of your robe.

Your reply is what I await

واللَه لولا الحيالك

واللَه لولا الحيالك

لأظهرت خافي الهوى لك

لأظهرت خافي الهوى لك

By God, were it not for [shyness before you],

By God, were it not for my shyness before you

I would reveal my hidden love to you.

I would reveal to you my hidden love

يا عسجدي الترائب

يا عسجدي الترائب

اني من البعد ذائب

اني من البعد ذائب

O you of golden breastbones,

O object of my desire

I am melting away from separation.

I am melting from the distance

يا فائقاً للكواعب

يا فائقاً للكواعب

من ريمها والزيانب

من ريمها والزيانب

O you who surpass the budding-breasted maidens,

O surpassing in grace

Their gazelle and their Zaynabs alike.

More delicate than the tender gazelle

ان كنت يا عذب غائب

ان كنت يا عذب غائب

فذكركم لي مصاحب

فذكركم لي مصاحب

If you are absent, O sweet one,

If you are absent, O sweet one

Then remembrance of you keeps me company.

Then the thought of you accompanies me

فالروح مني فدا لك

فالروح مني فدا لك

والجسم والمال مالك

والجسم والمال مالك

So my soul is a sacrifice for you,

So my soul is devoted to you

And my body and wealth are yours.

And my body and wealth are yours

أيا كحيل الأماقي

أيا كحيل الأماقي

متى يكون التلاقي

متى يكون التلاقي

O you whose eye-corners are dark with kohl,

O kohl of purest ebony

When shall we meet?

When will we meet again?

فلا تطيلوا فراقي

فلا تطيلوا فراقي

قد ذبت مما ألاقي

قد ذبت مما ألاقي

So do not prolong my separation.

Do not prolong our separation

I have melted away from what I endure.

I am wasting away from longing

متى يزول احتراقي

متى يزول احتراقي

يرشف حلو المذاق

يرشف حلو المذاق

When will my burning cease?

When will my torment cease?

He sips what is sweet to taste.

That I may savor the sweetness of union

وأقول له ما بدا لك

وأقول له ما بدا لك

تطيل هجراي مالك

تطيل هجراي مالك

And I say to him, "What has come over you,

And say to him whatever occurs to me

That you prolong forsaking me? What ails you?"

Why do you prolong estranging me, my dear one?

واللَه ان زال هجرك

واللَه ان زال هجرك

وبوس خدّك وثغرك

وبوس خدّك وثغرك

By God, if your estrangement ends,

By God, if your estrangement departs

And I kiss your cheek and lips,

And I kiss your cheek and mouth

وذوق بردك وحرك

وذوق بردك وحرك

وأضم سحرك ونحرك

وأضم سحرك ونحرك

And taste your coolness and your heat,

And taste your coolness and passion

And clasp your chest and throat—

And embrace your magic and neck

حرك بزيمك بخصرك

حرك بزيمك بخصرك

وارشف رضابك وخمرك

وارشف رضابك وخمرك

Move your buckle at your waist.

Move your supple waist with your belt

And I sip your saliva and your wine,

And savor your wine and drink

وأقول يا عذب هالك

وأقول يا عذب هالك

وأطابقك في خصالك

وأطابقك في خصالك

And say, "O sweet one, I am perishing,"

And say, O sweet ecstasy

And I match you in your qualities.

And match you in your attributes