قل لذي الوجهِ المترّك

ولذي الصدغِ الممسّك

Say to the one with the disheveled face

Say to the one with the Turkic face,

And the one with the firm jawbone

And the sidelock scented with musk,

ولذي السرّةَ والأعكا

نِ والثدي المفكّك

And the one with the bracelets and anklets

And the one of the navel and fleshy

And the unclasped breasts

folds, and the bosom unlaced,

قد تخرّستَ بلا طب

ع لكي تعندَ دلّك

You have fallen silent without reason

You feigned a silence with no natural

Just to be stubborn with me

cause, just to show off your disdain,

فأبى ذلك يا مفتو

ح إلّا أن تفكّك

Yet my dear one refused

But it refused, O you who are

Except to come undone

open, to do aught but break loose.

فأبن لي أيَّ طيرٍ

من طيور الأرض زفّك

So tell me which bird

So reveal to me: what manner of bird

Of the birds on earth are you

from the flocks of the earth bore you here?

كلّما جمّشكَ الإلحاحُ

أو إن رمتُ وصلَك

Whenever I pester you insistently

Whenever my insistence toys with you,

Or if I cast off your bond

or if I seek to be joined with you,

قلتَ لي واحرَبي

منكَ أما ريّحتَ نفسك

You say woe to me

You cry to me, "Oh, the calamity

Have you not given yourself relief from me

you bring! Will you not give it a rest?"