بفتور طرفِكَ واحوِرارِهْ

بفتور طرفِكَ واحوِرارِهْ

وبنور خدِّك واحمِرارِهْ

وبنور خدِّك واحمِرارِهْ

By the languor of your gaze and its black-and-white beauty,

With the apathy of your glance and its fever,

And by the light of your cheek and its redness,

And the light of your cheek and its blush,

وضياء عارِضِكَ الذي

وضياء عارِضِكَ الذي

فيه ظلامٌ من عِذارِهْ

فيه ظلامٌ من عِذارِهْ

And by the radiance of your cheek, which

And the glow of your brow where

Holds a darkness from its beard-line;

There is darkness from its coquetry,

وعُقَار ثغرِك إنَّ بي

وعُقَار ثغرِك إنَّ بي

طَلَباً يطول إلى عُقَارِهْ

طَلَباً يطول إلى عُقَارِهْ

And by the wine of your mouth—indeed, I have

And the saliva of your mouth - surely I

A long-enduring longing for its wine—

Seek it longingly to its saliva,

وبحسن قَدٍّ راعني

وبحسن قَدٍّ راعني

فاق القضيب لدى اخضِرارِهْ

فاق القضيب لدى اخضِرارِهْ

And by the beauty of a figure that awed me,

And the beauty of a slender waist that amazed me

Surpassing the bough when it was green:

Beyond a young shoot in its greenness,

لا تُبلِ قلبي بالفرا

لا تُبلِ قلبي بالفرا

قِ ولا تُعَذِّبه بنارِهْ

قِ ولا تُعَذِّبه بنارِهْ

Do not wear out my heart with separa-

Do not hurt my heart with separation

tion, nor torment it with its fire.

And do not torture it with its fire.