نمّ على المسك طيب رياه

نمّ على المسك طيب رياه

غزال سرب تبارك الله

غزال سرب تبارك الله

The sweetness of his fragrance betrayed the musk.

A gazelle of the herd—blessed be God!

قوامه ذو الجلال عدله

قوامه ذو الجلال عدله

وصاغه فتنة وسوّاه

وصاغه فتنة وسوّاه

The Lord of Majesty made his figure well-proportioned,

and fashioned him as a temptation and perfected him.

والخد منه الحيا كله

والخد منه الحيا كله

وبالنبات العذار حلاه

وبالنبات العذار حلاه

And his cheek is modesty itself,

and with sprouting down He adorned his cheek's edge.

فاه به معشر فليت عموا

فاه به معشر فليت عموا

ولا رأوا حسنه ولا فاهوا

ولا رأوا حسنه ولا فاهوا

A group spoke of him—would that they had gone blind,

and had neither seen his beauty nor spoken!

غزال سرب من العيون ومن

غزال سرب من العيون ومن

حشاشتي ماؤه ومرعاه

حشاشتي ماؤه ومرعاه

A gazelle of the herd—from the eyes and from

the remnant of my life come his water and his pasture.

متى أراه والطيف مال به

متى أراه والطيف مال به

يوما إلى مضجعي والقاه

يوما إلى مضجعي والقاه

When shall I see him, the dream-phantom bringing him

one day to my bed, and meet him?

وكنت خدي له فرشت ولو

وكنت خدي له فرشت ولو

بالهدب يرضى كنت ممشاه

بالهدب يرضى كنت ممشاه

And I would have spread my cheek for him; and if

he were content with my eyelashes, I would be his path.

يا قاتل الله عاذلي فلقد

يا قاتل الله عاذلي فلقد

حذرني في الهوى واغراه

حذرني في الهوى واغراه

Ah, may God curse my reproacher, for indeed

he warned me against love, yet inflamed it.