مَلَّني مَن لا أمَلّهْ

مَلَّني مَن لا أمَلّهْ

وأذاب القلبَ دَلّهْ

وأذاب القلبَ دَلّهْ

The one I never tire of has grown tired of me.

The one I desire does not desire me,

And his coquetry has melted my heart.

And melts my heart with his glance.

رشأ ينفرُ خَوْفاً

رشأ ينفرُ خَوْفاً

كلَّما مَاشاهُ ظِلُّه

كلَّما مَاشاهُ ظِلُّه

A young gazelle shies away in fear

He startles like a gazelle in fright

whenever his shadow walks beside him.

Whenever his shadow comes near.

يا عليلَ الطرفِ جسمي

يا عليلَ الطرفِ جسمي

نظرة منك تُعِلّه

نظرة منك تُعِلّه

O you of languid gaze, my body—

Oh sickness in my weary eyes,

a glance from you makes it ill.

One look from you would heal me.

نيطَ في خَصْرِكَ رِدْفٌ

نيطَ في خَصْرِكَ رِدْفٌ

عَجَبي كيفَ تُقِلّهْ

عَجَبي كيفَ تُقِلّهْ

A rump is suspended from your waist;

Tied around your waist a bundle -

I marvel at how you bear it.

How strange that you carry it!

يا غزالاً حَرّم ال

يا غزالاً حَرّم ال

لَهُ دَمي وهو يُحلّه

لَهُ دَمي وهو يُحلّه

O gazelle, God has forbidden

Oh gazelle sanctified, no blood

the shedding of my blood, yet he makes it lawful.

shed, though it was made halal.

إنّما الحسنُ مَحَلٌّ

إنّما الحسنُ مَحَلٌّ

لك أو أنت مَحلّه

لك أو أنت مَحلّه

Beauty is but a dwelling

Beauty has a place, for you,

for you—or you are its dwelling.

Or you are the place of beauty.

بَعضهُ في أوجُهِ النّا

بَعضهُ في أوجُهِ النّا

سِ وفي وجهِكَ كلّه

سِ وفي وجهِكَ كلّه

Some of it is in people's faces,

Some in people's faces, and some,

and all of it is in your face.

All of it, in your face.