1. دَعوني وَذاكَ الرَشا

    فَوَجدي بِهِ قَد فَشا

    Leave me with that young gazelle;

    for my passion for him has become widely known.

  2. حَلالاً حَلالاً لَهُ

    يُعَذِّبُني كَيفَ شا

    It is allowed, allowed for him

    to torment me however he wishes.

  3. سَرَت خَمرَةُ الريقِ

    في مَعاطِفِهِ فَاِنتَشى

    The wine of his saliva coursed

    through his body's curves, and he grew tipsy.

  4. فَيا مَشقَ ذاكَ القَوا

    مِ وَيا طَيَّ ذاكَ الحَشا

    Ah, the slenderness of that stat—

    —ure, and ah, the trimness of that waist!

  5. مَشى لِيَ في خِفيَةٍ

    فَيا حَبَّذا مَن مَشى

    He walked to me in secret;

    ah, how lovely the one who walked!

  6. وَلَيسَ عَجيباً بِأَن

    يُرى الظَبيُ مُستَوحِشا

    And it is no wonder that

    the gazelle should appear shy.