وَجدي بِأَهيفِ قدٍّ لي بِهِ وَلعٌ

وَجدي بِأَهيفِ قدٍّ لي بِهِ وَلعٌ

أَصبو لَهُ وَهوَ لِلواشين مُستَمِعٌ

أَصبو لَهُ وَهوَ لِلواشين مُستَمِعٌ

My passion is for a slender-waisted youth of graceful stature; I am enamored of him.

My longing is for one of slender figure; I am infatuated with him.

I yearn for him, while he listens to sorrows.

I yearn for him, while he listens to the slanderers.

كَم قُلتُ وَالدَمعُ مِنّي سائِلٌ هَمِعٌ

كَم قُلتُ وَالدَمعُ مِنّي سائِلٌ هَمِعٌ

يا رَبِّ إِن لَم يَكُن في وَصلِهِ طَمَعٌ

يا رَبِّ إِن لَم يَكُن في وَصلِهِ طَمَعٌ

How often I have said, while tears streamed from me in torrents:

How often I have said, as tears streamed from me in torrents:

O Lord, if there is no hope of union with him,

O my Lord, if there is no hope of union with him,

وَلَم يَكُن فَرَج مِن طول جَفوَتِهِ

وَلَم يَكُن فَرَج مِن طول جَفوَتِهِ

عَجّل إلهيَ في تَبديلِ صورَتِهِ

عَجّل إلهيَ في تَبديلِ صورَتِهِ

and no relief from his long estrangement,

And no relief from his prolonged estrangement,

hasten, my God, to transform his appearance,

Hasten, my God, to change his appearance,

وَأَنقذ القَلبَ مِن بَلوى مَحبَّتِهِ

وَأَنقذ القَلبَ مِن بَلوى مَحبَّتِهِ

فَإِن يَزد سقم جفنيهِ بِبَهجَتِهِ

فَإِن يَزد سقم جفنيهِ بِبَهجَتِهِ

and save the heart from the ordeal of loving him.

And rescue the heart from the affliction of loving him.

For if the languor of his eyelids grows with his beauty,

For if the languor of his eyelids adds to his beauty,

فَاِشف السقام الَّذي في لَحظ مُقلَتِهِ

فَاِشف السقام الَّذي في لَحظ مُقلَتِهِ

وَاِستُر مَلاحة خَدَّيهِ بِلحيَتِهِ

وَاِستُر مَلاحة خَدَّيهِ بِلحيَتِهِ

then cure the malady within the glance of his eye,

Then heal the sickness in his eye's glance,

and veil the loveliness of his cheeks with his beard.

And veil his cheeks' loveliness with his beard.