1. يا بَخيل المُقلَتَينِ

    هاكَ ما تسفح عَيني

    O you whose eyes are miserly,

    take what my eye pours forth.

  2. لَكَ إِن تَذكُر لي عَهد

    اللُقا بِالروَضَتين

    For you, if you recall for me the days

    of meeting in the two gardens.

  3. وَعَلى دَمعِيَ أَن يُنسيك

    نَوء المرزمين

    And my tears must make you forget

    the rain of the two Mirzam stars.

  4. يا ظلال الدَوحَتين

    في رِياض النيربين

    O shades of the two great trees

    in the gardens of the two Nayrabs,

  5. فَرّق البين بِرَغمي

    بين مَن أَهوى وَبَيني

    parting made a rift, against my will,

    between the one I love and me.

  6. كَم جَمَعنا فيكَ لِلأُنس

    اِجتِماع الفَرقَدين

    How often we gathered in you for companionship,

    united like the two Farqad stars!

  7. وَسَقاني الراح مَن أَهوى

    بِكِلتا الراحَتين

    And the one I love gave me wine to drink

    with both palms.

  8. كُلَما أَبصَر طَرفي

    بَعدَهُ أَسخن عَيني

    Whenever my gaze perceived

    his distance, it made my eye burn with tears.

  9. خِلتَهُ يَبكي لِمبكا

    يَ بِدَمع المُقلَتين

    I thought him weeping for my weeping,

    with tears from both eyes,

  10. أَذ بَدا لي عَكس دَمعي

    في صَفاءِ العارِضين

    when the reflection of my tears appeared to me

    in the clear sheen of his cheeks.

  11. زجَ بي في لَجج الحُب

    أَزج الحاجبين

    He thrust me into the depths of love—

    he of the long, finely arched brows.

  12. وَعَدتَني مُقلتاهُ

    مِنهُ إِحدى الحَسنيين

    His two eyes promised me

    one of two blessings from him:

  13. أَنَّها تَشفي غَليل الوَجد

    أَو تَجلب حيني

    to quench the burning thirst of longing,

    or bring about my death.

  14. فَرجي لِوَرق لي قَلب

    رَقيق الوَجنَتين

    My relief—if I found tenderness in the heart

    of the one with delicate cheeks—

  15. أَنَّهُ يَسمَح لي مِنهُ

    بِإِحدى مَنيتين

    would be his granting me from himself

    one of two wishes:

  16. قَبلة في الخَد أَو رَشف

    رِضاب الشَفَتين

    a kiss upon the cheek, or a sip

    of the sweet saliva on his lips.