يَا مُثِيراً فِي حَشَى الصَّبِّ الشَّجِي

نَارَ وَجْدٍ بِلِحَاظِ الدَّعَجِ

O you who stir longing in the fervor of youth

O you who stirs within the heart of the sorrowful lover

With your burning glances and alluring charms,

a fire of passion with glances of intensely dark eyes,

كَمْ تُبَارِي مِنْ صُدُودٍ مَنْ غَدَا

يَرْتَجِي فَتْحَ رِضَاكَ الْمُرْتَجِي

How you make the ardent lover strive

How long will you meet with rejection the one who has come

Seeking the bliss of your consent,

seeking the dawn of your much-desired approval,

وَتُقَاوِيهِ بِنِيرَانِ الْجَفَا

وَبِخَدَّيْكَ نَعِيمُ الْمُهَجِ

While you confront him with fires of indifference

Overpowering him with the flames of cruel estrangement,

And the delights of your cheeks.

even as the bliss of souls resides in your cheeks.

لاَ تُعَذِّبْنِي فَإِنِّي دَنِفٌ

وَغَرَامِي ثَابِتٌ بِالْحُجَجِ

Do not torment me for I am sick with love,

Do not torment me, for I am wasting away with love,

My passion for you is justified and clear.

and my passion is established by irrefutable proofs.

ضُمَّ سُقْمِي لِشُحُوبِي وَاجْعَلَنْ

شَغَفِي أَوْسَطَ ضَرْبٍ مُنْتِجِ

Take pity on my weakness and longing, make

Join my sickness to my pallor, and make

My desire a moderately fulfilled one.

my deep infatuation the middle term of a productive syllogism;

يُنْتِجُ الْمَطْلًوبَ إِنْ رَكَّبْتَهُ

بَيِّنَ الأَشْكَالِ ذَا صَبٍّ شَجِ

It will bring the wished-for result if you fashion it

It shall yield the desired conclusion if you construct it,

In distinct images of pouring passion.

a manifest figure: "this is a sorrowful lover."