وأهيف القد سهل الخد أسمر

وأهيف القد سهل الخد أسمر

كالخطي صرت به بين الورى سمرا

كالخطي صرت به بين الورى سمرا

And a slender-waisted, smooth-cheeked, dusky one,

With slender build and smooth cheek, swarthy complexion

Like a Khatti spear—because of him, I became the subject of people's evening talk.

Like a pen, with him among people I became dusk

إن القلوب لتهواه وما برحت

إن القلوب لتهواه وما برحت

منه على خطرٍ إن ماس أو خطرا

منه على خطرٍ إن ماس أو خطرا

Hearts surely love him, and have never ceased

Indeed hearts are infatuated with him and I have not

To be in peril from him, whether he sways or struts.

Ceased to be in peril with him whether he touches or harms

وكان غير عجيبٍ من ملاحته

وكان غير عجيبٍ من ملاحته

أن يجمع الحسن فيه الغصن والقمرا

أن يجمع الحسن فيه الغصن والقمرا

And it was no wonder, given his loveliness,

It is no wonder that his charm

That beauty should unite in him the bough and the moon.

Combines the beauty of branch and moon

عاثت لحاظك في بستان وجنته

عاثت لحاظك في بستان وجنته

فقام مفترساً باللحظ منتصرا

فقام مفترساً باللحظ منتصرا

Your glances ravaged the garden of his cheek,

Your glances roamed in the garden of his beauty

So he rose, devouring with his gaze, avenging himself.

So they started ferociously looking victorious

وقال لي القلب لما صار في يده

وقال لي القلب لما صار في يده

هذا الذي لمتني فيه فكيف ترى

هذا الذي لمتني فيه فكيف ترى

And my heart said to me, when it fell into his hand:

And my heart said when it fell in his hands

This is the one you reproached me over—so what do you think?

This is the one I have been afflicted with, so what do you think

دعني أهتك ستري في محبته

دعني أهتك ستري في محبته

وما أبالي ألام الخلق أم عذرا

وما أبالي ألام الخلق أم عذرا

Let me tear away my veil in my love for him;

Let me violate my veil in his love

And I care not whether people blame me or excuse me.

And I do not care about people's blames or excuses