جَلَّ الَّذي أَطلَعَ شَمسَ الضُحى

مُشرِقَةً في جُنحِ لَيلٍ بَهيم

Sublime is He who brought forth the sun of daybreak

Radiant in the wings of a formidable night

وَقَدَّرَ الخالَ عَلى خَدِّهِ

ذَلِكَ تَقديرُ العَزيزِ العَليم

And ordained the mole on his cheek

Such is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Wise

بَدرٌ ظَنَنّا وَجهَهُ جَنَّةً

فَمَسَّنا مِنها عَذابٌ أَليم

A full moon which we thought was a paradise

That afflicted us with intense torment

يَنفُرُ كَالريمِ أَلا فَاِنظُروا

إِلى بَخيلٍ وَهوَ عِندي كَريم

He angrily turns away like a wild deer

Yet in my eyes he is generous and kind

لَمّا اِنحَنى حاجِبُهُ وَاِنثَنى

يَهُزُّ لِلعُشّاقِ قَدّاً قَويم

When his eyebrows furrow and eyes glance down

He sways with pride and stands tall

عَجِبتُ مِن فَرطِ ضَلالي وَقَد

بَدا لِيَ المُعوَجُّ وَالمُستَقيم

I'm amazed by my extreme misguidance

For the crooked and straight seem the same

داوِ حَبيبي يا طَبيبَ الهَوى

وَخَلِّني إِنّي بِحالي عَليم

Heal my love, o doctor of passion

I know my state well enough

فَخَصرُهُ واهٍ وَأَجفانُهُ

مَريضَةٌ وَاللَحظُ مِنهُ سَقيم

His waist is frail, his lashes

Are sick, and his glances unwell