قَدْ بَذلْنا النُّفُوسَ يَا أُخْتَ سَعْدِ

فَاقْبَلِيهَا نَقْداً وَجُودِي بِوَعْدَ

We have sacrificed our souls, oh sister of Saad

So accept them as my gift of generosity and promise

وَنَثَرْنَا دُمُوعَنَا فَانْظِمِيهَا

فَهْيَ أَبْهَى مِنْ كُلِّ لوْلُؤِ عِقْدِ

And we have shed our tears so string them together

For they are more dazzling than any pearl necklace

يَا ابنَْةَ القَوْمِ يَكُنْ لَكِ بُرْدٌ

مِنْ بَدِيعِ الجَمَالِ فَالسُّقْمُ بُرَدِي

O daughter of the people, may you have a coolness

Of exquisite beauty, so my illness is a coolness

كَيْفَ أَبْغِي وَرْداً بَرَوْضٍ وَوِرْداً

مِنْ مُدَامٍ وَمِنْكِ وَرْدِي وَوِرْدِي

How can I wish for roses in the garden and a rose

From wine and from you - my rose and my rose

جَنَّةٌ حُسْنُهُا كَحُسْنِ وِصَالٍ

فِيهِ مِنْ خَالِهَا بَقِيَّةُ صَدِّ

A paradise whose beauty is like the beauty of union

In it remains a trace of her cheek’s birthmark

قَدْ تَعَدَّتْ عَلى النُّفُوسِ وَلَكِنْ

لاَ يُسَمِّيِهِ عَاشِقُوهَا تَعَدِّي

It has exceeded the souls but those who love it

Do not call it excessiveness

مَا رَأَيْنَا مَنْ صَيَّرِ الجَفْنَ سَيْفاً

يَخْجِلُ الهِنْدَ غَيْرَ أَجْفَانِ هِندِ

We have not seen anyone who makes the eyelid a sword

That shames India except for the eyelids of India

قَالَ لَِي خَدُّهَا الصَّقِيلُ وَقَدْ صَارَ

مِرْآةً مَاذَا تَرَى قُلْتُ خَدِّي

Her polished cheek said to me when it became

A mirror - what do you see? I said: my cheek