ناجاهُ بِأَسرار غَرامي الفَهمُ

ناجاهُ بِأَسرار غَرامي الفَهمُ

فالوَجنَةُ قَد أَثَّر فيها الوَهمُ

فالوَجنَةُ قَد أَثَّر فيها الوَهمُ

Understanding confided to him the secrets of my passion;

Understanding whispered to him the secrets of my passion.

For fancy has left its mark upon the cheek.

So imagination has left its mark upon the cheek.

مَهما غَنِمَ القَوم حُظوظاً قُسِمَت

مَهما غَنِمَ القَوم حُظوظاً قُسِمَت

مِن مُقلَتِها أَصابَ قَلبي سَهمُ

مِن مُقلَتِها أَصابَ قَلبي سَهمُ

Whatever fortunes the people won had been apportioned;

Whatever allotted shares the people have gained,

From her eye, an arrow struck my heart.

An arrow from her eye has struck my heart.