بَدرُ تمٍّ أَلِفتُهُ

بَدرُ تمٍّ أَلِفتُهُ

لَيتَني ما عَرَفتُهُ

لَيتَني ما عَرَفتُهُ

A perfect full moon—I grew fond of him;

A perfect full moon—I grew fond of him.

would that I had never known him.

Would that I had never known him!

مُسقِمي وَالشِفاءُ في

مُسقِمي وَالشِفاءُ في

ريقِهِ لَو رَشَفتُهُ

ريقِهِ لَو رَشَفتُهُ

He makes me ill, yet the cure lies in

He makes me ill, yet the cure lies in

his saliva, could I but sip it.

his saliva, were I to sip it.

جامِعُ الحُسنِ كُلُّ قَل

جامِعُ الحُسنِ كُلُّ قَل

بي عَلَيهِ وَقَفتُهُ

بي عَلَيهِ وَقَفتُهُ

Gatherer of every beauty—all my

He embodies beauty; my whole

heart I have devoted to him.

heart I have devoted to him.

وَلَوَ اَنّي بِكُلِّ حُس

وَلَوَ اَنّي بِكُلِّ حُس

نٍ بديعٍ وَصَفتُهُ

نٍ بديعٍ وَصَفتُهُ

And even were I to describe him with every

And even if, with every

wondrous kind of beauty,

wondrous beauty, I described him,

كُنتُ بِاللَهِ مُقسِماً

كُنتُ بِاللَهِ مُقسِماً

أَنَّني ما نَصَفتُهُ

أَنَّني ما نَصَفتُهُ

I would swear by God

I would swear by God

that I had not done him justice.

that I had not done him justice.

لا وَوَردٍ بِوَجنَتَي

لا وَوَردٍ بِوَجنَتَي

هِ بِلَحظي قَطَفتُهُ

هِ بِلَحظي قَطَفتُهُ

Nay—by the roses upon his two

No—by a rose upon his cheeks,

cheeks, which I plucked with my gaze:

which I plucked with my gaze—

عَنهُ وَجدي وَما بِهِ

عَنهُ وَجدي وَما بِهِ

عِلَّةٌ ما صَرَفتُهُ

عِلَّةٌ ما صَرَفتُهُ

Away from him, my ardor—and in him there is no

from him my passion—and he has no

fault—I have never turned it.

flaw—I have not turned away.