غُصْنٌ على أعلاهُ شَمْسُ نهارِ

غُصْنٌ على أعلاهُ شَمْسُ نهارِ

يختالُ في العسليِّ والزنّارِ

يختالُ في العسليِّ والزنّارِ

A bough, with the sun of day upon its crown,

A bough with the sun of day upon its crown,

struts in honey-colored garb and the Christian girdle.

struts in honey-colored garb and a girdle.

حُلْوُ العذارِ كذاك خدُّ المهرِ لا

حُلْوُ العذارِ كذاك خدُّ المهرِ لا

يحلو لناظره بغيرِ عذارِ

يحلو لناظره بغيرِ عذارِ

Sweet is his cheek’s first down; likewise, a colt’s cheek does not

Lovely is his cheek-down; likewise, a colt's cheek is not

delight the beholder without a bridle.

pleasing to its beholder without a bridle-strap.

يا مَنْ إذا لم يبتسمْ لم يَبْتَسِمْ

يا مَنْ إذا لم يبتسمْ لم يَبْتَسِمْ

زَهْرُ الأقاحي في غديرِ عُقار

زَهْرُ الأقاحي في غديرِ عُقار

O you—when you do not smile, neither do

O you: if you do not smile, neither do

the daisy blossoms in a pool of wine.

the daisy blossoms in a pool of wine.

أَتُخَوِّفُ الأوزارَ فيك متيّماً

أَتُخَوِّفُ الأوزارَ فيك متيّماً

من للمتيّمِ فيكَ بالأوزار

من للمتيّمِ فيكَ بالأوزار

Would you frighten one enthralled by you with sins?

Do you make one enamored of you fear sins?

Who could burden one enthralled by you with sins?

Who will provide one enamored of you with sins?

مُذْ قال أهلُ النارِ إِنك منهمُ

مُذْ قال أهلُ النارِ إِنك منهمُ

أَحببتُ من حُبِّيكَ أهْلَ النار

أَحببتُ من حُبِّيكَ أهْلَ النار

Since the people of Hell said that you were one of them,

Since the people of the Fire said you were one of them,

out of my love for you, I came to love the people of Hell.

I have loved the people of the Fire out of my love for you.