أَفْدِي رَشاً لِلْوِصَالِ قَالِي

وَلَسْتُ عَنْ حُبِّهِ بِسَالِي

I offer my life for a fawn who shuns our union,

Though I can never forget my love for him;

أَغَرُّ يَبْسِمُ عَنْ لَآلِي

مَا إِنْ لَهُ فِي الْبَهَاءِ تَالِ

A radiant youth whose smile reveals pearls,

Who has no equal in his splendor:

كَالْخَوْطِ وَالظَّبْيِ وَالْهِلاَل ِ

فِي الْقَدِّ وَاللَّحْظِ وَالْجَمَالِ

Like the willow branch, the gazelle, and the crescent moon,

In his stature, his glance, and his beauty.

قَالَ فَأَضْرَمَ فِي فُؤَادِي

نَاراً لَظَاهَا حَشَايَ صَالِ

He spoke, thus igniting within my heart

A fire whose blazing flame roasts my very core,

إِذْ قُلْتُ صَلْنِي حَبِيبَ قَلْبِي

يَا طَالِبَ الْخُوخِ فِي اللَّيَالِي

When I said, "Grant me union, beloved of my heart,"

"O seeker of peaches in the dark of night!"