وَبِي سَاحِر الأجْفَانِ أرْسَى عِذَارهُ

وَبِي سَاحِر الأجْفَانِ أرْسَى عِذَارهُ

بِشَاطِىءِ بَحْرِ الخَدّ زَوْرَقَ عَنْبَرِ

بِشَاطِىءِ بَحْرِ الخَدّ زَوْرَقَ عَنْبَرِ

And I am smitten with one whose eyelids bewitch; he moored his cheek-down

My enchanter of eyelids anchored his affection

At the shore of the cheek’s sea—a skiff of ambergris.

At the shore of the cheek's sea a boat of ambergris

وَخَافَ اخْتِلاَسَ الثَّغْرِ حَارِسُ لَحْظِهِ

وَخَافَ اخْتِلاَسَ الثَّغْرِ حَارِسُ لَحْظِهِ

فَجَرَّدَ فِي الأجْفَانِ أسْيَافَ عَنْبَرِ

فَجَرَّدَ فِي الأجْفَانِ أسْيَافَ عَنْبَرِ

And the guardian of his gaze feared the theft of his lips,

And the guard of his gaze feared the lips would steal it

So he unsheathed swords of ambergris in his eyelids.

So he armed his eyelids with swords of ambergris