بِنَفْسِيَ مَنْ أَوْمَأَتْ مُقْلَتَاها

بِمَا لِي مِنَ الحُب فِي نَفْسِها

With my soul, she inclined her eyelids

With the love I have for her in my soul

يُعينُ عَلى وَصْلِها أَنَّنِي

أعِنُّ لَها فِي حِلَى نَفْسِها

It helps me reach her, that I

Help adorn her soul’s beauty

فَإِنْ مِلْتُ لَثْماً إِلَى كَفِّها

جَزَتْنِيَ حَمْلاً عَلَى رَأْسِها

If I sought to kiss her palm

She’d reward me by carrying me on her head