أَفدي غَزالاً قَد بَدا مِسكُه

أَفدي غَزالاً قَد بَدا مِسكُه

عِذارُه المُزْري بأَهلِ الجَمالْ

عِذارُه المُزْري بأَهلِ الجَمالْ

I would give my life for a gazelle whose musk has appeared—

I ransom a gazelle whose musk has appeared

His cheek-down, which puts the beautiful to shame.

Its blame by people of beauty is lawful

وَصارَ لي مِن طَيِّهِ مُهدياً

وَصارَ لي مِن طَيِّهِ مُهدياً

نَشراً هوَ السّحرُ وَلَكِن حَلالْ

نَشراً هوَ السّحرُ وَلَكِن حَلالْ

And from his folds he began to offer me

And it has become for me from its goodness a gift

A fragrance that is magic, yet lawful.

A magic it is, but it is lawful

فَقُلت لا بِدْعَ إِذا ما بَدا

فَقُلت لا بِدْعَ إِذا ما بَدا

ذا النّشرُ أرِّخ طيَّ مسكِ الغَزال

ذا النّشرُ أرِّخ طيَّ مسكِ الغَزال

So I said: “No wonder, when there appears

So I said it's no wonder when it appeared

This fragrance; record the date: ‘The folding of the gazelle’s musk.’”

This strewing, trail the gazelle's musk