باحَ بِالمُضمَرِ الدَفي

باحَ بِالمُضمَرِ الدَفي

نِ لِسانٌ مِنَ النَفَس

نِ لِسانٌ مِنَ النَفَس

The hidden, buried secret was disclosed

My innermost being whispered from the soul

by a tongue of breath,

Of one sick with passion's fever returned

عَن مُبِلٍّ مِنَ الجَوى

عَن مُبِلٍّ مِنَ الجَوى

راجَعَ الداءَ فَاِنتَكَس

راجَعَ الداءَ فَاِنتَكَس

for one who had recovered from love's anguish,

What ails my heart to abandon solace?

but returned to his ailment and relapsed.

It saw the fire and was enflamed

ما لِقَلبي عَنِ السَلو

ما لِقَلبي عَنِ السَلو

وِ رَأى النارَ فَاِقتَبَس

وِ رَأى النارَ فَاِقتَبَس

Why does my heart shun forgetting?

The gaze of love renewed

It saw the fire and borrowed a flame.

What of rapture it had learned

جَدَّدَت نَظرَةُ المَها

جَدَّدَت نَظرَةُ المَها

ةِ مِنَ الوَجدِ ما دَرَسَ

ةِ مِنَ الوَجدِ ما دَرَسَ

The oryx doe's glance renewed

Seeking the charm of meaning

what had faded of longing.

And what it had kept guarded

طَلَبَت غِرَّةَ الفُؤا

طَلَبَت غِرَّةَ الفُؤا

دِ المُعَنّى وَما اِحتَرَس

دِ المُعَنّى وَما اِحتَرَس

She sought the heart's unguarded moment—

It clothed the hue of dreams

the tormented heart, which kept no watch.

Upon the hue of smoothness

رَكَّبَت صِبغَةَ الهِلا

رَكَّبَت صِبغَةَ الهِلا

لِ عَلى صِبغَةِ الغَلَس

لِ عَلى صِبغَةِ الغَلَس

She set the crescent's hue

In a robe of longing

upon the hue of predawn darkness,

And shirt of intimacy

في خِمارٍ مِنَ اللَمى

في خِمارٍ مِنَ اللَمى

وَقَميصٍ مِنَ اللَعَس

وَقَميصٍ مِنَ اللَعَس

in a veil of dusky lip-color

and a tunic of dark-red lip-color.