ومَحْجُوبة في الخِدْرِ عنْ كُلِّ ناظِرٍ

ومَحْجُوبة في الخِدْرِ عنْ كُلِّ ناظِرٍ

ولَوْ بَرَزَتْ ما ضَلَّ بالليلِ مَنْ يَسْرِي

ولَوْ بَرَزَتْ ما ضَلَّ بالليلِ مَنْ يَسْرِي

And veiled in her secluded chamber, hidden from every gaze,

And a woman secluded in the curtained chamber from every gaze;

were she to come forth, no traveler by night would lose his way.

And were she to emerge, no night traveler would lose his way.

يُقَطِّعُ قلبي حُسْنُ خالٍ بخَدِّها

يُقَطِّعُ قلبي حُسْنُ خالٍ بخَدِّها

إذا سَفَرَتْ عنه تَنَغّمَ بالسِحْرِ

إذا سَفَرَتْ عنه تَنَغّمَ بالسِحْرِ

The beauty of a mole upon her cheek rends my heart;

The beauty of a mole on her cheek tears my heart apart;

when she unveils it, it sings with enchantment.

When she lifts the veil from it, it sings with enchantment.

لَخَالٌ بذاتِ الخالِ أَحْسَنُ مَنْظَراً

لَخَالٌ بذاتِ الخالِ أَحْسَنُ مَنْظَراً

مِنَ النُّقْطَةِ السّوْداءِ في وَضحِ البَدْرِ

مِنَ النُّقْطَةِ السّوْداءِ في وَضحِ البَدْرِ

Surely a mole upon the mole-bearing beauty is lovelier to behold

Surely a mole on the woman who bears it is lovelier to behold

than the black dot in the full moon’s radiance.

Than the black spot in the full moon’s radiance.