يا مَن بِمُقلَتِهِ يَصيدُ

وَعَنِ الصِيادَةِ لا يَحيدُ

Oh captor with your glances you hunt

O you who hunts with his eye,

Yet from hunting you do not deviate

And never wavers from the chase,

بِاللَهِ في حَقِّ الهَوى

أَن لا تُصادَ وَقَد تَصيدُ

By God, in the right of passion

By God, and by the rights of passion,

Be not captured though you capture

Beware lest you be caught while you are hunting.

تَسبي القُلوبَ بِمُقلَةٍ

أَلحاظُها فيها شُهودُ

You enslave hearts with a glance

You take hearts captive with an eye,

Their witnesses to it abound

Whose glances bear witness within.