ونونِ صُدْغٍ زادني جِنَّةً

ونونِ صُدْغٍ زادني جِنَّةً

وربَّما يُعْذَرُ فِيه الجنُونْ

وربَّما يُعْذَرُ فِيه الجنُونْ

And a nūn-shaped sidelock has increased my madness;

The moon's cheek increases my madness

and madness over it may well be excused.

And perhaps madness in it is excused

أَقْبل النوناتِ من أَجْلِه

أَقْبل النوناتِ من أَجْلِه

حتى لقد قَبَّلت نُونَ المَنُونْ

حتى لقد قَبَّلت نُونَ المَنُونْ

I kiss the nūns for its sake,

I approached the moons for its sake

until I have even kissed the nūn in al-manūn—death.

I even kissed the moon of yearning