قد جاد طيفُك لي بِوَعْدِك

قد جاد طيفُك لي بِوَعْدِك

وَأَدَالَني من طُوْلِ صَدِّك

وَأَدَالَني من طُوْلِ صَدِّك

Your phantom has generously fulfilled your promise to me,

Your phantom came to me with your promise

and given me redress for your long rejection.

And consoled me from your long estrangement

ودنا إليَّ مُعانقاً

ودنا إليَّ مُعانقاً

ومصافِحاً خَدّي بخدِّكْ

ومصافِحاً خَدّي بخدِّكْ

And it drew near to embrace me,

It came close, embracing me

and brushed my cheek with yours.

And shook my cheek with your cheek

وظفِرتُ مِنْكَ بِمَا هَوَيْ

وظفِرتُ مِنْكَ بِمَا هَوَيْ

تُ بحمدِ طَيْفكِ لا بِحَمْدِكْ

تُ بحمدِ طَيْفكِ لا بِحَمْدِكْ

And I gained from you what I desired,

And I obtained from it what I desired

thanks to your phantom, not to you.

Thanks to your phantom, not to you

وَهَتَكْتُ سِتْرَ ضِياءِ جِسْ

وَهَتَكْتُ سِتْرَ ضِياءِ جِسْ

مِكَ من فُتُوقِ سحابِ بُرْدِكْ

مِكَ من فُتُوقِ سحابِ بُرْدِكْ

And I tore away the veil over your body's radiance,

And I uncovered the veil of your body's radiance

through the rents in the cloud of your cloak.

From the openings of your cool cloud's cover

وَحَلَلْتُ عَقْدَ إِزَارِهِ

وَحَلَلْتُ عَقْدَ إِزَارِهِ

حلَّ الخِيَانَةَ عَقْدَ وُدِّكْ

حلَّ الخِيَانَةَ عَقْدَ وُدِّكْ

And I untied the knot of its waistcloth,

And I untied the knot of its waist-wrap

as treachery undid the bond of your affection.

As betrayal unties the knot of your affection

يا ظالِمي مُتَجَنِّياً

يا ظالِمي مُتَجَنِّياً

ماذا أرَدْتَ بِظُلْمِ عَبْدِكْ

ماذا أرَدْتَ بِظُلْمِ عَبْدِكْ

O you who wrong me without cause,

Oh my unjust tormentor

what did you seek by wronging your slave?

What did you intend by wronging your servant?

لم تحمِلُ الظُّلمَ التقي

لم تحمِلُ الظُّلمَ التقي

لَ وأَنْتَ تَشْكو حَمْلَ عِقْدِكْ

لَ وأَنْتَ تَشْكو حَمْلَ عِقْدِكْ

Why do you bear such heavy oppression,

Why do you, who complain of shouldering fetters

when you complain of bearing your necklace?

Bear the burden of injustice, no indeed?

ما لي أخصُّكَ بالدُّنُوْ

ما لي أخصُّكَ بالدُّنُوْ

وِ وَأَنْتَ تَجْزِيْني بِبُعْدِكْ

وِ وَأَنْتَ تَجْزِيْني بِبُعْدِكْ

Why do I single you out for closeness,

Why do I single you out for intimacy

while you repay me with your distance?

While you reward me with your distance?

أمَّا القَضِيْبُ فَإِنَّهُ

أمَّا القَضِيْبُ فَإِنَّهُ

مُتَعَلِّمٌ من فعل قَدِّكْ

مُتَعَلِّمٌ من فعل قَدِّكْ

As for the slender bough, it is indeed

As for the penis, it is

a pupil of your figure's movements.

Learning from your past actions

وَأَرَى لِطَرْفِكَ عسكراً

وَأَرَى لِطَرْفِكَ عسكراً

هاروتُ فِيْهِ أميرُ جُنْدِلْ

هاروتُ فِيْهِ أميرُ جُنْدِلْ

And I see an army belonging to your gaze;

And I see that your glance has an army

Harut is there, commander of your troops [final word uncertain].

Harut is its captain of soldiers

أفلا يَتِيْهُ بِكَ الجما

أفلا يَتِيْهُ بِكَ الجما

لُ وأنْتَ فيه نسيجُ وَحْدِكْ

لُ وأنْتَ فيه نسيجُ وَحْدِكْ

Should not beauty take pride in you,

Does not beauty get lost with you

when in it you are one of a kind?

While you in it are the web of loneliness?