إِن تَشقَ عَيني بِها فَقَد سَعِدَت

عَينُ رَسولي وَفُزتُ بِالخَبَرِ

If she delights my eyes through you, then my prophet's eye has prospered, and I have won good news.

If my eye is tormented by her, then fortunate indeed

So whenever her messenger comes to me, I send back my yearning in his glance.

Is the eye of my messenger, and I have won the news.

فَكُلَّما جاءَني الرَسولُ لَها

رَدَّدتُ شَوقاً في طَرفِهِ نَظَري

In his glance appear her beauties; they have left on him the best impression.

Thus, whenever the messenger comes to me from her,

Take my eyelashes as a loan, O messenger, then look with them and judge my sight.

I cast my gaze repeatedly into his eyes out of longing.

تَظهَرُ في طَرفِهِ مَحاسِنُها

قَد أَثَّرَت فيهِ أَحسَنَ الأَثَرِ

For her beauties appear reflected in his glance,

Having left upon him the most exquisite impression.

خُذ مُقلَتي يا رَسولُ عارِيَةً

فَاِنظُر بِها وَاِحتَكِم عَلى بَصَري

Take my eyes, O messenger, as a borrowed trust,

Look through them, and hold dominion over my sight.