نَظَرَت عَيني لِحيَني

نَظَرَت عَيني لِحيَني

نَظَراً وافَقَ شَيني

نَظَراً وافَقَ شَيني

My eye gazed, to my undoing,

My eyes glanced at him for a moment,

with a gaze befitting my disgrace.

A glance that fit my passion.

سَتَرَت لَمّا رَأَتني

سَتَرَت لَمّا رَأَتني

دونَهُ بِالراحَتَينِ

دونَهُ بِالراحَتَينِ

She covered it when she saw me,

She covered when she saw me

with both palms held before it.

With both palms.

فَبَدَت مِنهُ فُضولٌ

فَبَدَت مِنهُ فُضولٌ

لَن تُوارى بِاليَدَينِ

لَن تُوارى بِاليَدَينِ

Yet parts of it still showed,

Some excess was revealed,

never to be concealed by both hands.

That will not be hidden by hands.

فَاِنثَنَت حَتّى تَوارى

فَاِنثَنَت حَتّى تَوارى

بَينَ طَيِّ العَكنَتَينِ

بَينَ طَيِّ العَكنَتَينِ

So she bent until it was hidden

So she bent until it was hidden

in the crease between her two belly-rolls.

Between the folds of the cheeks.

فَتَمَنَّيتُ وَقَلبي

فَتَمَنَّيتُ وَقَلبي

لِلهَوى في زَفرَتَينِ

لِلهَوى في زَفرَتَينِ

Then I wished, while my heart

And my heart wished,

breathed two sighs of passion,

For love in two sighs,

أَنَّني كُنتُ عَلَيهِ

أَنَّني كُنتُ عَلَيهِ

ساعَةً أَو ساعَتَينِ

ساعَةً أَو ساعَتَينِ

that I were upon it

That I was upon it

for an hour or two.

For an hour or two.