رَأَيت بِأَقدام الجَميلة حمرة

رَأَيت بِأَقدام الجَميلة حمرة

تَحار بِرؤياها العُقول وَتَعجب

تَحار بِرؤياها العُقول وَتَعجب

I saw redness on the beautiful woman's feet.

I saw with the beautiful one's feet, redness

At its sight, minds are bewildered and amazed.

Minds are perplexed by its sight and astonished

فَقُلت لَها هَذا الخضاب يَدلني

فَقُلت لَها هَذا الخضاب يَدلني

عَلى أَن ودي بِالنَوى كانَ يَذهَب

عَلى أَن ودي بِالنَوى كانَ يَذهَب

So I said to her: This dye tells me

So I said to her, "This kohl signifies to me

that my love was fading through separation.

That my love was going away"

فَقالَت وِدادي لا يَضيع وَإِنَّما

فَقالَت وِدادي لا يَضيع وَإِنَّما

بَكَيت دِماء حينَ أَصبَحت تحجب

بَكَيت دِماء حينَ أَصبَحت تحجب

She said: My love is not lost; rather,

She said, "My love does not get lost, but rather

I wept blood when you became hidden from sight.

I cried blood tears when the veil came up

وَفاضَت دُموعي أَنهُراً ثُمَ خُضتَها

وَفاضَت دُموعي أَنهُراً ثُمَ خُضتَها

وَهَذا مِن الدَمع الَّذي كانَ يسكب

وَهَذا مِن الدَمع الَّذي كانَ يسكب

And my tears overflowed in rivers; then you waded through them.

And my tears flowed rivers, then I dyed them

And this is from the tears that were being shed.

With the tears that used to pour out

فَلا تَعتبن فَالود باقٍ كِحاله

فَلا تَعتبن فَالود باقٍ كِحاله

وَأَعظَم أَسبالي إِلى الصدق أَقرَب

وَأَعظَم أَسبالي إِلى الصدق أَقرَب

So do not reproach me: love remains as it was,

So do not blame me, for love remains as my kohl

and my greatest outpouring of tears is closest to sincerity.

And my greatest aspirations are closest to sincerity