مَلَّني مَن لا أمَلّهْ

وأذاب القلبَ دَلّهْ

The one I desire does not desire me,

And melts my heart with his glance.

رشأ ينفرُ خَوْفاً

كلَّما مَاشاهُ ظِلُّه

He startles like a gazelle in fright

Whenever his shadow comes near.

يا عليلَ الطرفِ جسمي

نظرة منك تُعِلّه

Oh sickness in my weary eyes,

One look from you would heal me.

نيطَ في خَصْرِكَ رِدْفٌ

عَجَبي كيفَ تُقِلّهْ

Tied around your waist a bundle -

How strange that you carry it!

يا غزالاً حَرّم ال

لَهُ دَمي وهو يُحلّه

Oh gazelle sanctified, no blood

shed, though it was made halal.

إنّما الحسنُ مَحَلٌّ

لك أو أنت مَحلّه

Beauty has a place, for you,

Or you are the place of beauty.

بَعضهُ في أوجُهِ النّا

سِ وفي وجهِكَ كلّه

Some in people's faces, and some,

All of it, in your face.