عشقتُ لشقوتي رشأ رَشيقا

عشقتُ لشقوتي رشأ رَشيقا

رضيتُ بهِ منَ الدُّنيا عَشيقا

رضيتُ بهِ منَ الدُّنيا عَشيقا

To my misfortune, I fell in love with a graceful young gazelle.

I fell in love with a graceful gazelle

Of all the world, I was content with him as my lover.

Whom I accepted as my companion in life

سقيماً ناحلاً طرفاً وخَصراً

سقيماً ناحلاً طرفاً وخَصراً

ثَقيلاً بارداً رِدفاً ورِيقا

ثَقيلاً بارداً رِدفاً ورِيقا

Languid-eyed and slender-waisted,

Slender in form, with eyes so dark and a delicate waist

Heavy-hipped, with cool saliva.

Yet heavy, cold, and coughing with wheezing breath