عَبَرَ الغَداةَ عَليّ ظَبيٌ أَغيَدُ

عَبَرَ الغَداةَ عَليّ ظَبيٌ أَغيَدُ

فَبَدا لِطَرفي مِنهُ طَرفٌ أَرمَدُ

فَبَدا لِطَرفي مِنهُ طَرفٌ أَرمَدُ

A graceful gazelle passed by me this morning.

In the early dawn a gazelle passed by me,

Then his inflamed eye appeared to my gaze.

So that to my eyes was revealed a rheumy eye of his,

قَد خالَطَت ما اِزرَقَّ مِنهُ حُمرَةٌ

قَد خالَطَت ما اِزرَقَّ مِنهُ حُمرَةٌ

فَكَأَنَّهُ الكِبريتُ ساعَةَ يوقِدُ

فَكَأَنَّهُ الكِبريتُ ساعَةَ يوقِدُ

Redness had mingled with the blue in it,

For the blueness of him was mingled with redness,

So it was like sulfur at the moment it ignites.

So that he was like sulphur at the moment of its igniting.