ما هذه الحَدَقُ الفواتنْ

ما هذه الحَدَقُ الفواتنْ

إِلاّ سهامٌ في كنائنْ

إِلاّ سهامٌ في كنائنْ

What are these bewitching eyes

These bewitching eyes are nothing

but arrows held in quivers?

but arrows in quivers.

وأَغنّ غنَى مُحْسِناً

وأَغنّ غنَى مُحْسِناً

فعجبت من شادٍ وشادنْ

فعجبت من شادٍ وشادنْ

And a sweet-voiced singer sang beautifully,

And a mellow-voiced one sang beautifully;

so I marveled at singer and young gazelle alike.

so I marveled at a singer and a young gazelle.

ما غرَّدتْ حركاتُه

ما غرَّدتْ حركاتُه

إِلاّ تراقصتِ السّواكنْ

إِلاّ تراقصتِ السّواكنْ

No sooner did his vocal movements trill

His movements never trilled

than the motionless themselves began to dance.

without the motionless breaking into dance.

يا مودِعاً قلبي هوا

يا مودِعاً قلبي هوا

ه توقّ دمعي فهو خائنْ

ه توقّ دمعي فهو خائنْ

O you who lodged your love within my heart—

O one who lodges his love in my heart,

beware my tears, for they are treacherous.

beware my tears, for they are treacherous.

وحللتَ قلباً خافقاً

وحللتَ قلباً خافقاً

يا ساكناً في غير ساكن

يا ساكناً في غير ساكن

You have settled in a throbbing heart,

And you have settled in a beating heart,

O dweller in what never rests.

O dweller in what is not still!

أَترى لمن أَوْليتَه

أَترى لمن أَوْليتَه

حربَ العواذل أَن يُهادن

حربَ العواذل أَن يُهادن

Do you think that one upon whom you imposed

Do you think one upon whom you have bestowed

war with the reproachers can make peace?

war with reproaching women can make a truce?

إِنْ خاف قلبي في هوا

إِنْ خاف قلبي في هوا

ك فأَمرُ جاه الحبّ واهن

ك فأَمرُ جاه الحبّ واهن

If my heart should fear while loving—

If my heart is afraid in loving

you, then the authority of love is frail.

you, then love's prestige is a feeble thing.

وإِن استجار فإِنّ جا

وإِن استجار فإِنّ جا

رك يا ضياء الدين آمن

رك يا ضياء الدين آمن

And if it seeks refuge, then one under—

And if it seeks protection, then surely

your protection, O Radiance of the Faith, is safe.

your protégé, O Diya al-Din, is safe.