وَفاتِنِ الأَلحاظِ وَالخَدِّ

مُعتَدِلِ القامَةِ وَالقَدِّ

With charming glances and cheek

One with captivating glances and charming cheek,

Of perfect stature and form

Graceful in stature and proportioned form,

قالَ وَعَيني مِنهُ في خَدِّهِ

راتِعَةٌ في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

He said, while my eyes were fixed on his cheek

He spoke, while my eye was grazing upon his cheek,

Lost in the garden of eternity

Reveling in the Garden of Eternity.

طَرفُكَ زانٍ قُلتُ دَمعي إِذَن

يَجلِدُهُ أَكثَرَ مِن حَدِّ

Your glance adorns, I said. My tear then

He said, "Your glance is an adulterer." I replied, "Then my tears

Will chastise more than rebuke

Are flogging it far beyond the prescribed punishment."

فَاحمَرَّ حَتّى كِدتُ أَن لا أَرى

وَجنَتَهُ مِن كَثرَةِ الوَردِ

He blushed until I almost could not see

Then he blushed, until I could almost no longer distinguish

His cheek for the abundance of roses

His cheek, for the sheer abundance of its roses.