السِّحْرُ مِنْ أَلْفَاظِهَا الفَاتِكَهْ

السِّحْرُ مِنْ أَلْفَاظِهَا الفَاتِكَهْ

وَالرُّوحُ مِنْ إِعْرَاضِهَا هَالِكَهْ

وَالرُّوحُ مِنْ إِعْرَاضِهَا هَالِكَهْ

Magic springs from her deadly words;

Her magic is in her deadly words,

And the soul perishes from her turning away.

And her spirit in her annihilating indifference.

والْقَهْوَةُ الصَّهْبَاءُ مِنْ رِيْقِهَا

والْقَهْوَةُ الصَّهْبَاءُ مِنْ رِيْقِهَا

وَالْمِسْكُ مِنْ أَصْدَاغِهَا الحَالِكَهْ

وَالْمِسْكُ مِنْ أَصْدَاغِهَا الحَالِكَهْ

Tawny wine comes from her saliva,

The blonde coffee in its saliva,

And musk from her jet-black temple-locks.

And the musk in its intoxicating breaths.

مَمْلُوكَةٌ تَمْلِكُ يَا مَنْ رَآَى

مَمْلُوكَةٌ تَمْلِكُ يَا مَنْ رَآَى

أَحْسَنَ مِنْ مَمْلُوكَةٍ مَالِكَهْ

أَحْسَنَ مِنْ مَمْلُوكَةٍ مَالِكَهْ

A slave girl who rules—oh, who has seen

She's owned yet she owns, O you who saw

Anything fairer than a slave girl who is mistress?

One more beautiful than an owning mistress.

مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ الدُّرَّ وَتَأْلِيْفَهُ

مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ الدُّرَّ وَتَأْلِيْفَهُ

فِي سِلْكِهِ فَلْيَرَهَا ضَاحِكَهْ

فِي سِلْكِهِ فَلْيَرَهَا ضَاحِكَهْ

Whoever has not seen pearls and their arrangement

Whoever hasn't seen the pearl and its strand

On their thread, let him see her laughing.

Let him see it laughing.

تَسْلُكُ مِنْ أَجْسَامِ أَهْلِ الوَرَى

تَسْلُكُ مِنْ أَجْسَامِ أَهْلِ الوَرَى

بِحَيْثُ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ سَالِكَهْ

بِحَيْثُ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ سَالِكَهْ

She passes through the bodies of humankind,

It moves through the bodies of the people of the earth

Where their souls pass.

Where their spirits are wandering.

قَدْ كَتَبَ الحُسْنُ عَلَى خَدِّهَا

قَدْ كَتَبَ الحُسْنُ عَلَى خَدِّهَا

كُلُّ دَمٍ أَنْتِ لَهُ سَافِكَهْ

كُلُّ دَمٍ أَنْتِ لَهُ سَافِكَهْ

Beauty has written on her cheek:

Beauty has written on her cheek

"You are the one who sheds all blood."

For every blood shed you are its spiller.