ذو ناظرٍ بجفونه

ذو ناظرٍ بجفونه

شق الفؤاد وشاقه

شق الفؤاد وشاقه

One whose eye, with its lids,

has cleft the heart and made it yearn.

كم فيه سهمٌ مطلق

كم فيه سهمٌ مطلق

يهب الضنى عشاقه

يهب الضنى عشاقه

How many a loosed arrow it holds,

bestowing lovesickness on his lovers!

الله يحرس جفنه

الله يحرس جفنه

ويديم لي إطلاقه

ويديم لي إطلاقه

May God guard his eyelid

and keep its arrows flying for me.