طُموحُ العَينِ وَالنَظَرِ

طُموحُ العَينِ وَالنَظَرِ

مُباحٌ لي وَلِلبَشَرِ

مُباحٌ لي وَلِلبَشَرِ

The wandering of the eye and gaze

The ambition of the eye and sight

The longing of the eye and the wandering gaze

Is permitted to me and to humankind.

Is permissible for me and humankind

Is permitted to me and to all mankind,

فَقَلبي غَيرُ مُصطَبِرٍ

فَقَلبي غَيرُ مُصطَبِرٍ

وَعَنهُ غَيرُ مُزدَجَرِ

وَعَنهُ غَيرُ مُزدَجَرِ

For my heart is not patient,

Yet my heart is impatient

But my heart remains devoid of patience,

Nor is it deterred from it.

And from it, not deterred

And cannot be deterred from its desire.

وَيُعجِبُني وَجيفُ الكا

وَيُعجِبُني وَجيفُ الكا

سِ بَينَ النايِ وَالوَتَرِ

سِ بَينَ النايِ وَالوَتَرِ

And I delight in the cup's throbbing

And I'm drawn to a body laid bare

I delight in the trembling of the cup

Between the flute and the string.

Between flute and lute's string

Amidst the reed-flute and the sounding string;

نَرى جُثمانَها مَعَنا

نَرى جُثمانَها مَعَنا

وَرَيّاها عَلى سَفَرِ

وَرَيّاها عَلى سَفَرِ

We see its body with us,

We see its corpse among us

We see its body resting here with us,

While its fragrance is on a journey.

And its mirage upon travel

While its fragrance is away on a journey.