وا بأبي ذاك الغزال الذي

وا بأبي ذاك الغزال الذي

يجول في سر واعلان

يجول في سر واعلان

Ah, may my father be ransom for that gazelle who

By the one I swear, that gazelle who

Roams in secret and openly.

Roams around both secretly and openly

مقر طق يبسم عن لؤلؤ

مقر طق يبسم عن لؤلؤ

رصعه الحسن بمرجان

رصعه الحسن بمرجان

Clad in a tunic, he smiles, revealing pearls

The place where his hoof beats smile with pearls

Which beauty has studded with coral.

Adorned by beauty with coral

افديه من احور اجفانه

افديه من احور اجفانه

نامت لكي تسهر اجفاني

نامت لكي تسهر اجفاني

I would ransom him, a dark-eyed one whose eyelids

I would sacrifice him, with his doe-like eyelids

Have slept so that my eyelids stay awake.

That slept so that my eyelids would stay awake

لما بدا لي جيده متلعا

لما بدا لي جيده متلعا

قلت لمن قد ظل يلحاني

قلت لمن قد ظل يلحاني

When his neck appeared to me, held high,

When his polished neck appeared before me

I said to the one who kept reproaching me:

I said to the one who kept insisting to me

لافزت منه بجميع المنى

لافزت منه بجميع المنى

ان كان هذا عند رضوان

ان كان هذا عند رضوان

“May I never obtain from him all I desire

If this is what I would obtain from him

If this is to be found with Ridwan!”

I would be satisfied with all my wishes

من اين للظبي كأجفانه

من اين للظبي كأجفانه

او مثل ذاك الخوط للبان

او مثل ذاك الخوط للبان

Where could a gazelle get eyelids like his,

How could a gazelle have eyelids like those

Or a bān tree a shoot like that?

Or milk teeth like that row of shining white

ما هو آلا برهان

ما هو آلا برهان

وحجة اللوطي على الزاني

وحجة اللوطي على الزاني

He is nothing but a proof,

It is nothing but proof

And the sodomite’s argument against the fornicator.

And evidence for the devout against the sinner