عَيناكَ أَمكَنَتِ الشَيطانَ مِن خَلَدِي
إِنَّ العُيونَ لَأَعوانُ الشَياطِينِ
Your eyes allowed the devil into my heart
Eyes are truly the devils' allies
كَم لَيلَةٍ بِتُّ مَطويّاً عَلى حَرَقٍ
أَشكُو إِلى النجمِ حَتّى كادَ يَشكُوني
How many nights have I spent writhing in agony
Complaining to the stars until they nearly complained of me
ياما أُمَيِلحَهُ ظَبياً فُتِنَتُ بِهِ
وَأَيُّ خَلقٍ بِظَبيٍ غَيرُ مَفتُون
Oh how alluring is the gazelle I am infatuated with
What creature is not infatuated with a gazelle?
يَجلُو نَباتَ أَقاحٍ مِن بَناتِ فَمٍ
يُسقى بِمِثلِ بُنَيّاتِ الزَراجِينِ
Her mouth blossoms forth plants of cardamom
Watered with the likes of pearls from oysters
وَوَجنَتَينِ هُما تُفّاحَتا قُبَلي
فَاتُرك سِوايَ وَتُفّاحَ البَساتِينِ
With two cheeks that are apples of my eye
So leave me be and the apples in the orchards
فُتُونُ عَينَيكَ تَنهاني وَتَأمُرُني
وَوَردُ خَدّيكَ يُغري بِي وَيُغرِيني
The allure of your eyes tempts me and commands me
The rose of your cheek entices me and excites me
أَما لَئِن بِعتُ دِيني وَاشتَرَيتُ بِهِ
دُنيا لَما بِعتُ فيكَ الدِينَ بِالدُونِ
But if I sold my faith and bought with it
Worldly goods, I would not have sold my faith for less
اِستَغفِرُ اللَهَ لا وَاللَهِ ما نَفَعَت
مِن سِحر مُقلَتِهِ آياتُ ياسِينِ
I seek God's forgiveness, no, by God, the verses
Of her eyelash's sorcery did not benefit me
سُبحانَ مَن خَلَقَ الأَشياءَ قاطِبَةً
تُراهُ صَوَّرَ ذاكَ الجِسمَ مِن طِينِ
Glory to Him who created all things
You see He molded that body from clay
يا أَهل صَبرَةَ وَالأَحبابِ عِندَكُمُ
إِن كانَ عِندَكُمُ صَبرٌ فَواسُوني
Oh people of patience, and loved ones, do you have
Patience, if so, console me
إِنّي أَدينُ بِدِين الحُبّ وَيَحَكُمُ
وَاللَهُ قَد قالَ لا إِكراهَ في الدين
I profess the faith of love, which rules over me
And God has said "No compulsion in religion"
مَولايَ لا تُشمِتِ الأَعداءَ بِي وَإِذا
نَسِيتَ قَوليَ فاذكر قَولَ هارُونِ
My Master, do not let the enemies gloat over me, and if
You forget my words, recall what Aaron said
حاسِب هَواكَ بِما أَنفَقتُ مِن عُمرِي
وَاللَهِ لَو كانَ عُمري كَنزَ قارُونِ
Reckon your desire by what I spent of my life
By God, if my life were like Qarun's treasure
لَو كُنتُ أَملِكُ نَفسي يا مُعَذِّبَها
قَرَّبتُها لَكَ في بَعض القَرابين
If I had control over myself, oh she who torments it
I would have offered it to you as one of the sacrifices
