علقته كالغصن ذو لثغة

علقته كالغصن ذو لثغة

معقرب السالف والصدغ

معقرب السالف والصدغ

I fell for him, bough-like, with a lisp,

I clung to him like a branch with a lisp

With scorpion-curled sidelocks and temple-locks.

Twisting past and cheek together

لي بهما في الحب قد زادني

لي بهما في الحب قد زادني

بهجره لدغا على لدغ

بهجره لدغا على لدغ

Through those two, in love, he has added for me,

With the two of them my love for him grew

By forsaking me, sting upon sting.

His abandonment stung upon sting

اقول مضناك اتدري به

اقول مضناك اتدري به

يقول لا والله لا ادغي

يقول لا والله لا ادغي

I say, 'Your love-worn sufferer—do you know of him?'

I said "Your disdain, are you aware of it?"

He says, 'No, by God, I do not know.'

He said "No, by God, I do not perceive it"

قلت بعني نظرة قال لي

قلت بعني نظرة قال لي

بالروح ان كنت لها تبغي

بالروح ان كنت لها تبغي

I said, 'Sell me a glance.' He said to me,

I said "Look at me with your eyes" he told me

'For your soul, if you desire it.'

"With the soul, if you desire it"

قلت فدتك الروح فاصنع بها

قلت فدتك الروح فاصنع بها

يا بدر ما شئت وما تبغي

يا بدر ما شئت وما تبغي

I said, 'May my soul ransom you; then do with it,

I said "I sacrifice for you my soul, so do with it

O full moon, whatever you wish and whatever you desire.'

O full moon whatever you wish and desire"

فمال تبها وانثنى قائلا

فمال تبها وانثنى قائلا

ما اولع العاشق بالبدغ

ما اولع العاشق بالبدغ

Then he swayed proudly and turned, saying,

So he leaned towards it and bent saying

'How enamored the lover is of the full moon!'

"How the lover clings to the sting"