لله ظبي سبا عقلي بلامين

لله ظبي سبا عقلي بلامين

من عارضيه وجرّاني إلى حيني

من عارضيه وجرّاني إلى حيني

God be praised for a gazelle who stole my mind with two lām-shaped locks

My mind was led astray by a gazelle in the desert,

From his cheeks—and they both dragged me to my doom.

By one who met me and guided me on my way,

إن كان حُبُّ الورى في حًسن طلعتهُ

إن كان حُبُّ الورى في حًسن طلعتهُ

مينا فحبّي لهُ حقا بلامين

مينا فحبّي لهُ حقا بلامين

If people's love for the beauty of his countenance

If the beauty of a person lies in a radiant face,

Is a lie, then my love for him is truly without falsehood.

Then my love for it is truly without blemish.

يا من إذا ما بدت للنّاس طلعته

يا من إذا ما بدت للنّاس طلعته

يغشى لفرط سناها ناظرُ العين

يغشى لفرط سناها ناظرُ العين

O you whose countenance, whenever it appears to people,

O you whose appearance, when it dawns on people,

Blinds the eye's pupil with its overwhelming radiance,

Dazzles the onlooker because of its brilliance!

لماذا أصبحت تُدعى فيهمُ عُمر

لماذا أصبحت تُدعى فيهمُ عُمر

وأنت بدرٌ توخّيت السّماكين

وأنت بدرٌ توخّيت السّماكين

Why have you come to be called ‘Umar among them,

Why are you called “Lifetime” among them,

When you are a full moon, aiming for the two Simāk stars?

When you are a full moon adorning the heavens?

أظنّهم سرُقوك القاف من قمر

أظنّهم سرُقوك القاف من قمر

وأبدلوها بعيم خفية العين

وأبدلوها بعيم خفية العين

I think they robbed you of the qāf in qamar (‘moon’),

I think they stole the letter Qaf from “moon”

And replaced it with an ‘ayn, unseen by the eye.

And replaced it with a Ain secretly.