لِحَاظُهُ قَد أرسَلاَ

وَالقَدّ سَهمٌ أَعدَلا

His cheek has cast arrows,

And his figure is perfectly upright.

يَا عُصبَةَ العُشَّاقِ لا

تُلقُوا بِأَيدِيكُم إِلَى

O company of lovers! Do not

Throw yourselves to

هَذَا الغَزَالِ الأَحوَرِ

بِلَحظِهِ كَم يَسحُرِ

This charming gazelle.

With his glance, how he enchants!

وَعَن وِصَالِي يَنفُرِ

لأَنَّهُ رِيمُ الفَلاَ

And from my union he flees,

For he is a fawn of the meadows.

بَدرٌ حَلاَ مَنطِقُهُ

وَفِي الحَشَا مَشرِقُهُ

His speech is a full moon,

And in the thickets he shines.

نَعم نَعم نَعشَقُهُ

جَهراً عَلَى رأسِ المَلاَ

Yes, yes, we love him

Openly at the head of the assembly.

يَمُرّ بِي مُبتَسِمَا

وَكُلَّمَا مَرّ حَلاَ

He passes by me smiling,

And whenever he passes the crescent grows.

يَا مَن لَقَلبِي قَد كَوَى

وَلَم يَجُد لِي بِالدّوَا

O you who has seared my heart

And could not find a cure for me,

إن حَلّ فِي شَرعَ الهَوَى

قَتلِي فَلاَ حَولَ وَلاَ

If he settles in the law of love,

Kill me, for there is no might nor power but God's.