قَد مِتُّ غَيرَ حُشاشَةِ الرَمَقِ

قَد مِتُّ غَيرَ حُشاشَةِ الرَمَقِ

مِن حُبِّ أَحوَرَ شادِنٍ خَرِقِ

مِن حُبِّ أَحوَرَ شادِنٍ خَرِقِ

I have died, save for a last remnant of life,

I died from love-longing, though life still remained,

I have perished, save for the last breath of life,

From love of a timid, dark-eyed fawn.

For a gazelle-eyed beloved with a slender waist.

For love of a fawn with stark-black eyes, tender and young,

مَنقوصِ تَهضيمِ الحَشا وَرَبا

مَنقوصِ تَهضيمِ الحَشا وَرَبا

ما اِنحَطَّ مِن خَصرٍ وَمُنتَطِقِ

ما اِنحَطَّ مِن خَصرٍ وَمُنتَطِقِ

Slender at his hollowed middle, and full

She reduced my appetite for food and drink;

With waist drawn in, yet swelling in fullness

In all that lies below his waist and girdle.

Never has any waist that I embraced diminished.

Beneath the slender flank and the girded belt.

مَعشوقَةٌ فيهِ مَلاحَتُهُ

مَعشوقَةٌ فيهِ مَلاحَتُهُ

ما بَينَ مُتَّصِلٍ وَمُفتَرِقِ

ما بَينَ مُتَّصِلٍ وَمُفتَرِقِ

His loveliness is adored,

In her is a grace diffused

His grace is adored in every aspect,

In joined and separate parts alike.

Through her continuous and interrupted aspects.

Between features joined and features set apart.

ما خُصَّ مِن آفاقِ قامَتِهِ

ما خُصَّ مِن آفاقِ قامَتِهِ

أُفُقٌ بِتَفضيلٍ عَلى رُفُقِ

أُفُقٌ بِتَفضيلٍ عَلى رُفُقِ

No part of his figure has been singled out

No region of her stature is particularized

No single horizon of his stature is singled out

For favor over its fellow parts.

By any horizon above her ankles being preferred.

For preference over any other horizon;

فَإِذا بَدا اِقتادَت مَحاسِنُهُ

فَإِذا بَدا اِقتادَت مَحاسِنُهُ

قَسراً إِلَيهِ أَعِنَّةَ الحَدَقِ

قَسراً إِلَيهِ أَعِنَّةَ الحَدَقِ

And when he appears, his charms draw

So when she shows her beauties to me

And when he appears, his charms lead captive,

The reins of the eyes toward him by force.

She forcibly draws the eyes' attention to herself.

By force, the very reins of gazing eyes.