روحي الفِداءُ لِفتاكٍ لَواحظهُ

روحي الفِداءُ لِفتاكٍ لَواحظهُ

يَميتني تارَةً فيهِ وَيُحييني

يَميتني تارَةً فيهِ وَيُحييني

My soul be ransom for your young beloved, with all his visible charms—

My soul be ransom for one whose glances are deadly;

at times, for love of him, he kills me and revives me.

At times he makes me die of love for him, and brings me back to life.

ما بِتُ أَضمر في قَلبي زِيارَتَهُ

ما بِتُ أَضمر في قَلبي زِيارَتَهُ

إِلّا وَأَرسَل طَيفاً مِنهُ يَدعوني

إِلّا وَأَرسَل طَيفاً مِنهُ يَدعوني

Never do I spend a night harboring in my heart the thought of visiting him

Never have I spent a night harboring in my heart a wish to visit him,

but he sends a dream-apparition of himself to summon me.

But he has sent a phantom of himself to beckon me.

بَدر يُريك إِذا ما قامَ مُنتَصِباً

بَدر يُريك إِذا ما قامَ مُنتَصِباً

غُصناً يَفوق عَلى الخَطيّ بِاللين

غُصناً يَفوق عَلى الخَطيّ بِاللين

A full moon who, when he stands erect, shows you

A full moon who, when he stands upright, shows you

a bough surpassing the Khattī spear in suppleness.

A bough surpassing a Khatti spear in suppleness.

اللَهُ أَنشَأهُ مِن نوره بَشراً

اللَهُ أَنشَأهُ مِن نوره بَشراً

وَأَنشَأ الخَلق مِن ماءٍ وَمِن طينِ

وَأَنشَأ الخَلق مِن ماءٍ وَمِن طينِ

God fashioned him as a mortal from His light,

God created him as a human being from His light,

and fashioned all creation from water and clay.

And created humankind from water and from clay.