أَقمت على عاشِقيك القيامهْ

أَقمت على عاشِقيك القيامهْ

بوردٍ لخدٍّ وغصنٍ لقامَهْ

بوردٍ لخدٍّ وغصنٍ لقامَهْ

You have brought Judgment Day upon your lovers,

You have brought doom upon your lovers

with a rose for a cheek and a branch for a figure.

With a rose for a cheek and a branch for a stature

فمن وردِ خدّك كيفَ النجاةُ

فمن وردِ خدّك كيفَ النجاةُ

ومن غصن قدّك كيفَ السّلامه

ومن غصن قدّك كيفَ السّلامه

So how can one escape the rose of your cheek,

So for the rose of your cheek, how can there be salvation?

and how find safety from the branch of your figure?

And for the branch of your stature, how can there be safety?

تعجّبت إِذ مات فيك الأَنامُ

تعجّبت إِذ مات فيك الأَنامُ

وأَنت بحسنِك دارُ المُقامَه

وأَنت بحسنِك دارُ المُقامَه

I marveled when humankind died for you,

I was amazed that people died for you

while in your beauty you are the abode of eternal life.

While with your beauty, you are the abode of eternity

هُناني فِي هناني منك الهوانُ

هُناني فِي هناني منك الهوانُ

وتَهْنيكِ تَهْنيك مَنِّي الكَرَامة

وتَهْنيكِ تَهْنيك مَنِّي الكَرَامة

The humiliation you give me delighted me in my bliss;

You disgraced me with disgrace from you

and may the honor I give you delight you—delight you.

While your coquetry honored me with honor

غرْمتُ فؤاديَ في ذا الغرامِ

غرْمتُ فؤاديَ في ذا الغرامِ

وكالرّبحِ عندِيَ تِلْكَ الغرامه

وكالرّبحِ عندِيَ تِلْكَ الغرامه

I forfeited my heart in this passion,

I was smitten with love in this passion

and to me that forfeiture is like profit.

And to me that passion was like profit

وقال الحشا لا عدِمتُ الهوى

وقال الحشا لا عدِمتُ الهوى

فقلت له لا عدمتَ المَلاَمَه

فقلت له لا عدمتَ المَلاَمَه

And my heart said, 'May I never lack love!'

Al-Hasha said “May I not lose passion”

So I told it, 'May you never lack reproach!'

So I said “May you not lose blame”

تجودُ جفونيَ بالماءِ فيك

تجودُ جفونيَ بالماءِ فيك

كأَنَّ جفونيَ كفُّ ابنِ مَامَه

كأَنَّ جفونيَ كفُّ ابنِ مَامَه

My eyelids lavish water for your sake,

My eyelids shed water for you

as though my eyelids were the palm of Ibn Mamah.

As if my eyelids were the palms of Ibn Mama

أَقاتِلَتي قد شكرت المماتَ

أَقاتِلَتي قد شكرت المماتَ

وظالمتِي قد شَكرْتُ الظُّلاَمَهَ

وظالمتِي قد شَكرْتُ الظُّلاَمَهَ

O my slayer, I have given thanks for death,

My killer has thanked death

and, O my oppressor, I have given thanks for injustice.

While my oppressor, I have thanked injustice

أَخذتِ ولايةَ عهد البُدُور

أَخذتِ ولايةَ عهد البُدُور

ونَصُّوا عليك بإِرْث الإِمَامَه

ونَصُّوا عليك بإِرْث الإِمَامَه

You have become heir apparent to the full moons,

You took the guardianship of the full moons

and they have named you to inherit the imamate.

And they inaugurated you with the inheritance of Imamate

أَساريرُ خدِّك خطُّ السِّجِل

أَساريرُ خدِّك خطُّ السِّجِل

بالعَهْدِ والخالُ فيه العَلاَمَهْ

بالعَهْدِ والخالُ فيه العَلاَمَهْ

The fine lines of your cheek are the writing on the charter

The cheeks' moles are the line of the register

of succession, and the mole upon it is the signature.

With the covenant, and the mole in it is the mark

وأَنعمتِ حتى خَلَعْتِ الفتور

وأَنعمتِ حتى خَلَعْتِ الفتور

وما زالَ عنك على ريم رامَهْ

وما زالَ عنك على ريم رامَهْ

And you were so generous that you bestowed languor as a robe—

You have been so generous that you cast off stagnation

without its leaving you—upon the gazelle of Ramah.

And no remnant of worry remained with you

وأَدهشني الخالُ عَنْ أَن أَرى

وأَدهشني الخالُ عَنْ أَن أَرى

إِلىحسنِه وَهْو في الخدِّ شَامَه

إِلىحسنِه وَهْو في الخدِّ شَامَه

And the mole so bewildered me that I could not gaze

The mole amazed me from seeing

at its beauty, though it is a beauty spot on the cheek.

Its beauty while it is a mole on the cheek

بدت قمراً ورنت جؤذراً

بدت قمراً ورنت جؤذراً

وماجت نَقاً وتمشت غمامهْ

وماجت نَقاً وتمشت غمامهْ

She appeared as a moon and gazed like a wild cow's calf;

It appeared like a moon, rang like a planet

and she swayed like a sand dune and walked like a cloud.

Flowed like a star and walked like a cloud

وقالوا نراك عشقت القِنَاعَ

وقالوا نراك عشقت القِنَاعَ

فقُلْتُ نَعَمْ وسَلَوْت العِمَامَه

فقُلْتُ نَعَمْ وسَلَوْت العِمَامَه

And they said, 'We see you have fallen in love with the veil.'

And they said “We see you have loved masks”

So I said, 'Yes, and I no longer love the turban.'

So I said “Yes, and I have asked for a turban”