عُيونٌ ما يُلِمُّ بِها الرُقادُ

عُيونٌ ما يُلِمُّ بِها الرُقادُ

وَلا يَمحو مَحاسِنَها السُهادُ

وَلا يَمحو مَحاسِنَها السُهادُ

Eyes that sleep never visits,

Eyes that insomnia cannot subdue

Nor does sleeplessness efface their charms.

Their beauty unchanged by time’s wear and tear

إِذا ما اللَيلُ صافَحَها اِستَهَلَّت

إِذا ما اللَيلُ صافَحَها اِستَهَلَّت

وَتَضحَكُ حينَ يَنحَسِرُ السَوادُ

وَتَضحَكُ حينَ يَنحَسِرُ السَوادُ

When night shakes hands with them, they shed tears,

When night embraces them they shine bright

And laugh when the darkness recedes.

Laughing as darkness fades into thin air

لَها حَدَقٌ مِنَ الذَهَبِ المُصَفّى

لَها حَدَقٌ مِنَ الذَهَبِ المُصَفّى

صِياغَةَ مَن يَدينُ لَهُ العِبادُ

صِياغَةَ مَن يَدينُ لَهُ العِبادُ

They have pupils of refined gold,

Orbs of purest gold, a craftsman’s jewel

Fashioned by the One to whom servants submit.

Worthy of worship by all men who dare

وَأَجفانٌ مِنَ الدُرِّ اِستَفادَت

وَأَجفانٌ مِنَ الدُرِّ اِستَفادَت

ضِياءً مِثلُهُ ما يُستَفادُ

ضِياءً مِثلُهُ ما يُستَفادُ

And eyelids of pearl that have acquired

Lids made of lustrous pearls obtained

A radiance whose like cannot be acquired.

With a radiance no other can compare

عَلى قُضُبِ الزَبَرجَدِ في ذُراها

عَلى قُضُبِ الزَبَرجَدِ في ذُراها

لِأَعيُنِ مَن يُلاحِظُها مُرادُ

لِأَعيُنِ مَن يُلاحِظُها مُرادُ

On stems of peridot, at their tips,

On stems of emerald their gaze alights

Lies what the eyes of those who gaze upon them desire.

Entrancing the eyes of those who stare