شَكَارَ قَد آلَيْتَ عَيْني فِداهُ

شَكَارَ قَد آلَيْتَ عَيْني فِداهُ

فَقَلْبُ المُتيّمِ قَلْبٌ شَفِيقُ

فَقَلْبُ المُتيّمِ قَلْبٌ شَفِيقُ

Shakar, you have sworn—may my eye be his ransom.

You have saddened my eyes, may I sacrifice myself for him,

For the lovesick lover's heart is a compassionate heart.

For the heart of the bereaved is a kind heart.

وَقالَ أَمِنْتُ بِشِعْريتي

وَقالَ أَمِنْتُ بِشِعْريتي

وَبيني وَبينَكُمُ سِتْرٌ رَقِيقُ

وَبيني وَبينَكُمُ سِتْرٌ رَقِيقُ

And he said, “I am safe behind my gauze veil,

And I said “I have trusted in my poetry”,

and between me and you is a thin screen.”

While between you and me there is a thin veil.

وَمَا سَرْدُ داودَ مِنى يَقيِكَ

وَمَا سَرْدُ داودَ مِنى يَقيِكَ

وَأَنتَ بِأَسهُمِ لَحظي رَشِيقُ

وَأَنتَ بِأَسهُمِ لَحظي رَشِيقُ

Yet David's chain mail cannot shield you from me,

The chanting of David does not protect me from you,

while you are pierced by the arrows of my glance.

While you are skillful in aiming at my glances.