أَنَا أَفْدِي الَّتِي تَغْدُو

أَنَا أَفْدِي الَّتِي تَغْدُو

فَتَغْدُو الشَّمْسُ مُنْكَسِفَهْ

فَتَغْدُو الشَّمْسُ مُنْكَسِفَهْ

I would give my life for her who goes forth in the morning,

and the sun then becomes eclipsed.

دَلاَلٌ نَظِيْرَ لَهُ

دَلاَلٌ نَظِيْرَ لَهُ

وَحُسْنٌ فَوْقَ كُلِّ صِفَهْ

وَحُسْنٌ فَوْقَ كُلِّ صِفَهْ

Coquetry with [no] equal,

and beauty beyond all description.

تُرِيْكَ الصُّبْحَ مُقْبِلَةً

تُرِيْكَ الصُّبْحَ مُقْبِلَةً

وَجُنْحَ اللَّيْلِ مُنْصَرِفَهْ

وَجُنْحَ اللَّيْلِ مُنْصَرِفَهْ

Approaching, she shows you dawn,

and, departing, the darkness of night.

وَتَحْسُدُ قَدَّهَا الأَغْصَا

وَتَحْسُدُ قَدَّهَا الأَغْصَا

نُ خَاطِرَةً وَمُنْعَطِفَهْ

نُ خَاطِرَةً وَمُنْعَطِفَهْ

And the branches envy her figure,

swaying and bending.

وَتُضْمِرُ وُدَّ عَاشِقَةٍ

وَتُضْمِرُ وُدَّ عَاشِقَةٍ

وَتُظْهِرُ زُهْدَ مُنْحَرِفَهْ

وَتُظْهِرُ زُهْدَ مُنْحَرِفَهْ

And she conceals a lover's affection,

and displays the indifference of one who turns away.

وَتَعْمُ أَنَّنِي دَنِفٌ

وَتَعْمُ أَنَّنِي دَنِفٌ

وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا دَنِفَهْ

وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا دَنِفَهْ

And she [knows] that I am lovesick,

and I know that she is lovesick.

وَيَمْنُعَها مِنَ الشَّكْوَى

وَيَمْنُعَها مِنَ الشَّكْوَى

إِلَيْنَا أَنَّهَا صَلِفَهْ

إِلَيْنَا أَنَّهَا صَلِفَهْ

And what keeps her from lamenting

to us is her haughtiness.

شَيْخٌ لَنَا مِنْ مَشَايِخِ الكُوْفَةْ

شَيْخٌ لَنَا مِنْ مَشَايِخِ الكُوْفَةْ

نِسْبَتُهُ لِلْمَريضِ مَوْصُوفَهْ

نِسْبَتُهُ لِلْمَريضِ مَوْصُوفَهْ

We have an elder, one of Kufa's elders;

his connection with the sick man is noted.

لَوْ بَدَّلَ اللَّهُ قَمْلَهُ غَنَمَاً

لَوْ بَدَّلَ اللَّهُ قَمْلَهُ غَنَمَاً

مَا طَمِعَ مِنْهُ فِي صُوفَهْ

مَا طَمِعَ مِنْهُ فِي صُوفَهْ

If God turned his lice into sheep,

no one would hope to get a tuft of wool from him.