بَدويٌّ كَمْ جَدَّلت مُقْلتَاهُ

بَدويٌّ كَمْ جَدَّلت مُقْلتَاهُ

عَاشِقاً في مَقاتِل الفُرْسانِ

عَاشِقاً في مَقاتِل الفُرْسانِ

A Bedouin—how often his two eyes have felled

A Bedouin—how often his two eyes have felled

a lover on the horsemen’s fields of slaughter!

a lover where horsemen meet their death!

ذُو مُحيّاً يَصيحُ يا لِهلالٍ

ذُو مُحيّاً يَصيحُ يا لِهلالٍ

وَلِحاظٍ تَقولُ يا لِسنانِ

وَلِحاظٍ تَقولُ يا لِسنانِ

Endowed with a face that calls us to our doom,

He has a face that cries, “O Crescent!”

and glances that cry, “O for a spear!”

and glances that say, “O Spearhead!”