سلُوا أَجفانَهُ النَّجلا

سلُوا أَجفانَهُ النَّجلا

لِماذا فَوَّقت نَبلا

لِماذا فَوَّقت نَبلا

Ask his wide eyelids

Ask the eyelids of the graceful gazelle

Why they nocked arrows.

Why have you aimed high?

رَمت باللَّحظِ عُشَّاقاً

رَمت باللَّحظِ عُشَّاقاً

فأضحوا كُلَّهُم قتلَى

فأضحوا كُلَّهُم قتلَى

They shot lovers with a glance,

With a glance you have killed lovers

And so all of them lay slain.

Leaving them all slain

ويَكِفيهم إِذا صَدَّ

ويَكِفيهم إِذا صَدَّ

دَلالٌ مِنهُ يُستَحلىَ

دَلالٌ مِنهُ يُستَحلىَ

And when he turns away, enough for them is

A coquettish glance from you

His coyness, which they find sweet.

Is pleasure enough

وَطرفٌ حَلَّلَ الهَجرَ

وَطرفٌ حَلَّلَ الهَجرَ

وَعِطفٌ حرَّمَ الوَصلا

وَعِطفٌ حرَّمَ الوَصلا

And a gaze made estrangement lawful,

An eye that makes separation lawful

And a figure made union forbidden.

And a gaze that prohibits union

وَجريالُ على دُرِّ الثَ

وَجريالُ على دُرِّ الثَ

نايا أَصبحَت تُجلَى

نايا أَصبحَت تُجلَى

And ruby-red wine upon the pearls of the

The pearls on your teeth

Front teeth is now unveiled.

Have become apparent

فَيا قَامَتُهُ رفقاً

فَيا قَامَتُهُ رفقاً

بِبالٍ بالأَسىَ يَبلي

بِبالٍ بالأَسىَ يَبلي

So, O his stature, be gentle

So take it easy, you of slender frame

With a mind worn away by sorrow.

On a heart worn out with sadness

ويا ناظرهُ الوسنا

ويا ناظرهُ الوسنا

نَ مَهلاً بالرَّدى مضهلا

نَ مَهلاً بالرَّدى مضهلا

And O his drowsy eye,

And you whose tender look

Be gentle with death—[gently?]

Leads astray to destruction

وَقَد أصبحتُ لا أسمَ

وَقَد أصبحتُ لا أسمَ

عُ لا لوماً ولا عذلاً

عُ لا لوماً ولا عذلاً

And now I no longer hear

I have now become unable to hear

Any blame or any reproach.

Blame or rebuke