ومَريضِ طَرفٍ ليسَ يَصرفُ طرفهُ

ومَريضِ طَرفٍ ليسَ يَصرفُ طرفهُ

نحوَ امرئٍ إلا رماهُ بحَتفهِ

نحوَ امرئٍ إلا رماهُ بحَتفهِ

And one with languid eyes never turns his gaze

The languid gaze of one who never turns

Toward a man without striking him dead.

His eyes to anyone but in disdain,

قد قلتُ إذ أبصرتُهُ مُتمايلاً

قد قلتُ إذ أبصرتُهُ مُتمايلاً

والردفُ يجذبُ خَصرهُ من خلفهِ

والردفُ يجذبُ خَصرهُ من خلفهِ

I said, when I saw him swaying,

I said, when I beheld him swaying slow,

While his buttocks tugged his waist from behind:

His hips tugged backward by the camel's train:

يا من يُسلِّمُ خَصرَهُ من ردفهِ

يا من يُسلِّمُ خَصرَهُ من ردفهِ

سلِّم فؤادَ مُحبِّهِ من طَرفهِ

سلِّم فؤادَ مُحبِّهِ من طَرفهِ

O you who save his waist from his buttocks,

"O you who yield your hips to come what may,

Save his lover’s heart from his gaze.

Yield your beloved's heart to love's sweet pain!"