بروحي من أجفانها قد فتنني

بروحي من أجفانها قد فتنني

وتزري بأغصان النقاحين تنثني

وتزري بأغصان النقاحين تنثني

With my soul I would ransom her whose eyelids have bewitched me.

Her spirit enchants me through her eyelids

And as she sways, she puts the branches of the naqāḥīn to shame.

She sways with the branches of slender palm trees bending

ولما دهاها حبها أن تزورني

ولما دهاها حبها أن تزورني

بلا موعدٍ زارت وقالت سحرتني

بلا موعدٍ زارت وقالت سحرتني

And when her longing to visit me overwhelmed her,

And when her love impelled her to visit me

Without an appointment she came and said, "You have bewitched me.

Without an appointment she came and said you have bewitched me

ووسوس حليي والمنام عصا جفني

ووسوس حليي والمنام عصا جفني

ودبّ على ثغري الخزام فهالني

ودبّ على ثغري الخزام فهالني

And my jewelry whispered, and sleep defied my eyelid.

And sleep whispered in my ear and prodded my eyelids

And the nose-ring crept over my lips and startled me.

And eczema crept onto my lips so it startled me

وصافح نهدي سلك عقدي فغالني

وصافح نهدي سلك عقدي فغالني

فكيف امتناعي والهوى ما أقالني

فكيف امتناعي والهوى ما أقالني

And my necklace's cord clasped hands with my breast and undid me.

And my necklace wire shook hands with my breast exciting me

How, then, could I resist, when passion gave me no release?

So how can I resist when passion does not let me be

وقبل حجلي أخمصي واستمالني

وقبل حجلي أخمصي واستمالني

وشاحي وبات القرط يدوي على أذني

وشاحي وبات القرط يدوي على أذني

And my anklet kissed the arch of my foot, and I was enticed

And she kissed my ankles and my feet winning me over

By my sash; and the earring resounded all night against my ear."

And my scarf, and the earring kept ringing in my ear all night