عطفَ الحبيبُ بساعةٍ قد كَهرَبت

عطفَ الحبيبُ بساعةٍ قد كَهرَبت

لمسرَّتي بالنوم جفنَ زماني

لمسرَّتي بالنوم جفنَ زماني

The beloved grew tender at an hour that had electrified

With a tender moment my lover revived me

To my delight, the eyelid of my time with sleep.

After the long slumber of my eyelids

وأباحني وجداً وَجُوداً قُبلَةً

وأباحني وجداً وَجُوداً قُبلَةً

أنست جَناني كم عصا وجفاني

أنست جَناني كم عصا وجفاني

And granted me, out of passion and generosity, a kiss

With his kiss of passion he granted me leave

That made my heart forget how often he had resisted and shunned me.

To forget my garden after the years it deprived me

فجنيتُ من خدَّيهِ ورداً فانبرى

فجنيتُ من خدَّيهِ ورداً فانبرى

لحظٌ أراش سهامَهُ ورماني

لحظٌ أراش سهامَهُ ورماني

So I plucked roses from his cheeks; then forth sprang

From his cheeks I plucked roses that then sprang up

A glance that feathered its arrows and shot me.

In a fateful glance that showered and pierced me

فشكوتُ ما يجني عليَّ لفاتِني

فشكوتُ ما يجني عليَّ لفاتِني

فاجابني الله يجزي الجاني

فاجابني الله يجزي الجاني

So I complained to my charmer of the harm done to me.

I complained of my tormentor’s cruelty to me

Then he answered me: “God requites the wrongdoer.”

God answered "May He repay the wrongdoer"

لم ادرِ مَن منا اراد وانما

لم ادرِ مَن منا اراد وانما

قولاً وفعلاً في الهوى أرضاني

قولاً وفعلاً في الهوى أرضاني

I did not know which of us he meant; but

I know not which of us in this love intended

In word and deed, he simply pleased me in love.

By word and deed to ravish and entrance me