وظَبْيٍ أُفكِّر في تِيهِهِ

وظَبْيٍ أُفكِّر في تِيهِهِ

فلا يحْظُر الوصلُ في خاطِرِي

فلا يحْظُر الوصلُ في خاطِرِي

And a gazelle—I contemplate his haughtiness;

And a gazelle whose haughtiness I ponder—

so union does not enter my thoughts.

so union never crosses my mind.

حَبانِي مُجَرَّدَ وَعْدٍ له

حَبانِي مُجَرَّدَ وَعْدٍ له

كَلَيْلِي عليه بلا آخِرِ

كَلَيْلِي عليه بلا آخِرِ

He bestowed upon me a mere promise of his,

He granted me a mere promise of his,

like my night because of him—without end.

like my night on his account, without end.