الناس أسرى الجَمال وَأَنا أَسير ظَرفك

الناس أسرى الجَمال وَأَنا أَسير ظَرفك

كَم مِن بَدائِع تَلاها لِلفُؤاد عَطفك

كَم مِن بَدائِع تَلاها لِلفُؤاد عَطفك

People are captives of beauty, and I am captive to your charm.

People are prisoners of beauty, and I am a prisoner of your charm

How many wonders your tenderness has recited to the heart!

How many marvels has your kindness recited to my heart

أَبسم وَقال لي تَمتع قلت من لطفك

أَبسم وَقال لي تَمتع قلت من لطفك

لما رَأَيت القَوام في رَوض حُسنك مال

لما رَأَيت القَوام في رَوض حُسنك مال

He smiled and said to me, 'Enjoy yourself'; I said, 'Thanks to your kindness.'

He smiled and said to me, enjoy, I said, from your kindness

When I saw the figure sway in the garden of your beauty,

When I saw the stature in the garden of your beauty lean

كَم قُلت لوزر سَقيمك وَالنبي زرفك

كَم قُلت لوزر سَقيمك وَالنبي زرفك

How often I told him, 'Visit your ailing one—and, by the Prophet, visit and set him free!'

How often have I said to your sick companion, by the Prophet your teardrop