مُبِينَ الحُسْنِ مُخْفِي الفَرْقَدَيْنِ

مُبِينَ الحُسْنِ مُخْفِي الفَرْقَدَيْنِ

مَتَى تَقْضِي بِلَثْمِ الفَرْقِ دَيْنِي

مَتَى تَقْضِي بِلَثْمِ الفَرْقِ دَيْنِي

O revealer of beauty, eclipsing the two Farqad stars,

Revealer of beauty, concealer of two moles,

when will you settle my debt by letting me kiss your hair's parting,

When will you fulfill my debt with a kiss between the moles?

وَأرْشُفُ كَأسَ مبسمكَ المُفَدَّى

وَأرْشُفُ كَأسَ مبسمكَ المُفَدَّى

وَأقطِفُ وَرْدَ تِلْكَ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ

وَأقطِفُ وَرْدَ تِلْكَ الْوَجْنَتَيْنِ

and sip the cup of your adored smiling mouth,

I savored the cup of your sweet smile,

and pluck the roses of those two cheeks,

And plucked the rose of your two gardens.

وَأهْصِرُ غُصْنَ قَامَتِكَ الْمُوَقَّى

وَأهْصِرُ غُصْنَ قَامَتِكَ الْمُوَقَّى

مِنَ التَّشْبِيهِ بِالرُّمْحِ الرُّدَيْنِي

مِنَ التَّشْبِيهِ بِالرُّمْحِ الرُّدَيْنِي

and bend the bough of your stature, protected

I bent the branch of your shapely stature,

from comparison with the Rudayni spear?

Likened to a slim, bending spear.

فَدَيْتُكَ يَا شَقِيقَ الحُورِ إنِّي

فَدَيْتُكَ يَا شَقِيقَ الحُورِ إنِّي

جَعَلْتُكَ فِي الْهَوَى إنْسَانَ عَيْنِي

جَعَلْتُكَ فِي الْهَوَى إنْسَانَ عَيْنِي

I would ransom you, O brother of the houris; indeed, I

I sacrificed myself for you, oh cheeky Houri,

have made you, in love, the pupil of my eye.

I made you the human of my eye's passion.

فَلِمْ حَرَّكْتَ يَا سَكَنِي سُكُونِي

فَلِمْ حَرَّكْتَ يَا سَكَنِي سُكُونِي

إلَى تَلَفٍ يُبَيَّنُ بَعْدَ بَيْنِ

إلَى تَلَفٍ يُبَيَّنُ بَعْدَ بَيْنِ

So why, O my repose, did you stir my stillness

So why did you stir, oh my peace, my tranquility,

toward ruin made plain after separation?

To a clear separation after closeness?

وَخَالَفْتَ الَقِيَاسَ بِكَسْرِ قَلْبِي

وَخَالَفْتَ الَقِيَاسَ بِكَسْرِ قَلْبِي

عَلَى عَدَمِ الْتِقَاءِ السَّاكِنَيْنِ

عَلَى عَدَمِ الْتِقَاءِ السَّاكِنَيْنِ

And you defied the rule by breaking my heart,

You broke convention by breaking my heart,

though the two still ones had not met.

Despite the rule against joining two quiescents.

لِعَامِلِ مقلتيكَ عَلَى فُؤَادِي

لِعَامِلِ مقلتيكَ عَلَى فُؤَادِي

تَعَادِي العَامِلَيْنِ الْمَاضِيَيْنِ

تَعَادِي العَامِلَيْنِ الْمَاضِيَيْنِ

The power of your two eyes upon my heart

Due to your glance's influence on my heart,

is the clash of two piercing spearheads.

Opposing the two preceding agents.

وَفِي عِطْفَيْكَ حَارَ الطَّرْفُ لما

وَفِي عِطْفَيْكَ حَارَ الطَّرْفُ لما

هَزَزْتَ الأعْزَلَيْنِ الرَّامِحَيْنِ

هَزَزْتَ الأعْزَلَيْنِ الرَّامِحَيْنِ

And at your two flanks the gaze grew bewildered when

In your side-glance, the eye was confused when

you swayed those two unarmed, spear-wielding sides.

You shook the two slender, thrusting spears.

وَفِي خَدَّيْكَ صَاغَ الحُسْنُ لاَمًا

وَفِي خَدَّيْكَ صَاغَ الحُسْنُ لاَمًا

عَلَى لَوْحَيْنِ مِنْ وَرَقٍ وَعَيْنِ

عَلَى لَوْحَيْنِ مِنْ وَرَقٍ وَعَيْنِ

And on your two cheeks Beauty fashioned a lām

And in your cheek, beauty crafted a lam,

upon two tablets of silver and gold.

On two panels of paper and eye.

وصحَّح نُقْطَتَيْ خَالَيْكَ لَمَّا

وصحَّح نُقْطَتَيْ خَالَيْكَ لَمَّا

رَأى خَطَّ اسْتَوَاءِ العَارِضَيْنِ

رَأى خَطَّ اسْتَوَاءِ العَارِضَيْنِ

And he set right the two dots of your two moles when

It corrected the two dots of your moles when

he saw the aligned line of the two cheek-beards.

It saw the line of leveling of the two brows.

فخِلْت مُهَنْدِسَا قَدْ خَطَّ شَكْلاً

فخِلْت مُهَنْدِسَا قَدْ خَطَّ شَكْلاً

عَلَى تَرْبِيعِ سَطْحِ النُّقْطَتَيْنِ

عَلَى تَرْبِيعِ سَطْحِ النُّقْطَتَيْنِ

So I thought him an engineer who had traced a figure

So I imagined an architect who drew a shape

on the squared surface of the two points.

On squaring the surface of the two dots.

وَأعْجَمَ بَعْدَ نَقْطِ اللاَّمِ حُسْنًا

وَأعْجَمَ بَعْدَ نَقْطِ اللاَّمِ حُسْنًا

بِمِسْكِ الخَالِ نُونَ الحَاجِبَيْنِ

بِمِسْكِ الخَالِ نُونَ الحَاجِبَيْنِ

And after dotting the lām, he beautifully dotted

And it obscurely crafted after the lam dot, beauty

the nūn of the two brows with the mole's musk.

With the musk of the mole, the nun of the two brows.

أمَا وَعِذَارِ خَدّكَ يَا حَبِيبِي

أمَا وَعِذَارِ خَدّكَ يَا حَبِيبِي

وَرَشْفِ رضَابِ كَاسِ المِرْشَفَيْنِ

وَرَشْفِ رضَابِ كَاسِ المِرْشَفَيْنِ

Indeed, by the down along your cheek, O my beloved,

By the excuse of your cheek, my love,

and by sipping the sweet saliva from the cup of the two lips,

And the sipping of the cup of the two sipped.

لَئِنْ نُسِبَ القَوَامُ إلَى رَشِيقٍ

لَئِنْ نُسِبَ القَوَامُ إلَى رَشِيقٍ

فَقَدْ نُسِبَ المُحَيَّا لِلْحُسَيْنِ

فَقَدْ نُسِبَ المُحَيَّا لِلْحُسَيْنِ

if the stature is ascribed to Rashiq,

If posture was attributed to a graceful one,

the face is surely ascribed to al-Husayn.

Shyness was attributed to the beautiful.

وَإنْ سَكَنَ الهَوَى جَنْبَيْ فُؤَادِي

وَإنْ سَكَنَ الهَوَى جَنْبَيْ فُؤَادِي

فَقَدْ سَكَنَ الهَوَى فِي الخَافِقَيْنِ

فَقَدْ سَكَنَ الهَوَى فِي الخَافِقَيْنِ

And if love has settled on both sides of my heart,

If passion resided in the sides of my heart,

love has surely settled in the two horizons.

Passion resided in the two pulsating ones.

وَإنْ هَجَرَ الكَرَى وَالصبْرُ فَاكْتُبْ

وَإنْ هَجَرَ الكَرَى وَالصبْرُ فَاكْتُبْ

تَوَارِيخَ اللِّقَا بِالهِجْرَتَيْنِ

تَوَارِيخَ اللِّقَا بِالهِجْرَتَيْنِ

And if sleep and patience have deserted me, then write

And if intimacy and patience have deserted, then write

the dates of meeting by the two departures.

The dates of meeting with the two partings.

وَبِي رَشَأ رَشِيقَ القَدّ أحْوَى

وَبِي رَشَأ رَشِيقَ القَدّ أحْوَى

رقيمَ الْخَدّ سَاجي المُقْلَتَيْنِ

رقيمَ الْخَدّ سَاجي المُقْلَتَيْنِ

And I am smitten with a fawn, slender of stature, dark-eyed,

In me is an inclination to the shapely, slender one

inscribed of cheek and languid of both eyes,

Cheeky, bright-faced, languid eyed.

شَنِيبَ الثغر بدريَّ المُحَيَّا

شَنِيبَ الثغر بدريَّ المُحَيَّا

هضيمَ الكَشْحِ وَافِي المَعْطِفَيْنِ

هضيمَ الكَشْحِ وَافِي المَعْطِفَيْنِ

cool and gleaming of teeth, full-moon-faced,

Thick lipped, full mooned, dimpled cheeked,

slender-flanked, full in both shoulders,

Broad shouldered, double layered cloak.

رسُولَ ملاَحةٍ يَدْعُو فُؤَادِي

رسُولَ ملاَحةٍ يَدْعُو فُؤَادِي

بِآيَةِ نَاظِرَيْهِ السَّاحِرَيْنِ

بِآيَةِ نَاظِرَيْهِ السَّاحِرَيْنِ

a messenger of loveliness who summons my heart

Messenger of a glance, calling my heart

with the sign of his two bewitching eyes.

With the verse of his two enchanting eyes.

بَدَا وَرَنَا وَمَاسَ فَقُلْ هلاَلٌ

بَدَا وَرَنَا وَمَاسَ فَقُلْ هلاَلٌ

عَلَى غُصْنٍ تَقَلَّدَ مُرْهَفَيْنِ

عَلَى غُصْنٍ تَقَلَّدَ مُرْهَفَيْنِ

He appeared, gazed, and swayed—say: a crescent moon

He appeared, shone, and winked, so say a crescent

upon a bough, wearing two keen-edged swords.

Hanging on a branch, wearing two earrings.

بِسَالِفِ وَعْدِهِ وَالصُّدْغِ أضْحَى

بِسَالِفِ وَعْدِهِ وَالصُّدْغِ أضْحَى

يُمَاطِلُ بِامْتِنَاعِ السَّالِفَيْنِ

يُمَاطِلُ بِامْتِنَاعِ السَّالِفَيْنِ

With his earlier promise and his temple-lock, he now

With his previous promise and cheek, he came to

stalls, withholding those two foregoing things.

Procrastinate with abstinence from the two precedents.

وَيَعْطِفُنِي بِوَاوَيْ سَالفَيه

وَيَعْطِفُنِي بِوَاوَيْ سَالفَيه

عَلَى حُكْمِ اتِّبَاعِ السَّالِنَيْسِ

عَلَى حُكْمِ اتِّبَاعِ السَّالِنَيْسِ

And he bends me with the two wāws of his two sidelocks,

And he continues me with his two preceding clauses

according to the rule of following [al-sālinays: unclear in the source].

By the rule of following the two precedents.

يَكَادُ الوَهْمُ يجرحُ مِنْهُ خدًّا

يَكَادُ الوَهْمُ يجرحُ مِنْهُ خدًّا

حَمَاهُ بِحَاجِبَيْنِ وَنَاظِرَيْنِ

حَمَاهُ بِحَاجِبَيْنِ وَنَاظِرَيْنِ

Imagination almost wounds a cheek of his,

Fancy almost wounds a cheek from him

which he guarded with two brows and two eyes.

Protected by two eyebrows and two eyes.

وَصَانَ سَنَاهُ عَنْ عَيْنَيْ حَسُودٍ

وَصَانَ سَنَاهُ عَنْ عَيْنَيْ حَسُودٍ

مَخَافَةَ نَاظِرَيْهِ الشَّامِتَيْنِ

مَخَافَةَ نَاظِرَيْهِ الشَّامِتَيْنِ

And he shielded his radiance from an envious person's two eyes,

And it protected his brilliance from the eyes of enviers

for fear of that person's two gloating eyes.

Fearing his two gloating eyes.

فَأبْدَى شَامَتَيْنِ لِشَامِتِيهِ

فَأبْدَى شَامَتَيْنِ لِشَامِتِيهِ

رقيقُ الشامَتَين بِشَامِتَيْنِ

رقيقُ الشامَتَين بِشَامِتَيْنِ

So he displayed two beauty-spots to his gloaters,

So he revealed two gloats to his gloaters

delicate in his two beauty-spots, with two gloaters.

Delicate of waist, free of glance, it showed us

رقيقُ الخَصرِ حُرُّ العِطفِ أبْدَتْ

رقيقُ الخَصرِ حُرُّ العِطفِ أبْدَتْ

رَوَادِفُهُ لَنَا جَبَلَيْ حُنَيْنِ

رَوَادِفُهُ لَنَا جَبَلَيْ حُنَيْنِ

Slender-waisted, noble of flank—displayed

Its accompanying mountains of Hunayn.

by his buttocks to us were Hunayn's two mountains.

And about it the down of his cheek grows

وَعَنْ فِيهِ نَبَاتُ الْخَدّ يَرْوِي

وَعَنْ فِيهِ نَبَاتُ الْخَدّ يَرْوِي

حَدِيث السُّكَّرَيْنِ المُسْكِرَيْنِ

حَدِيث السُّكَّرَيْنِ المُسْكِرَيْنِ

And, from his mouth, the cheek-down relates

Narrating the tale of the two intoxicants.

the tale of the two intoxicating sugars.

He bent his cheek into his cheek so that

لَوَى صُدْغَيْهِ فِي خَدَّيْهِ كَيْمَا

لَوَى صُدْغَيْهِ فِي خَدَّيْهِ كَيْمَا

يُذكِّرنِي اللِّوَى وَالرَّقْمَتَيْنِ

يُذكِّرنِي اللِّوَى وَالرَّقْمَتَيْنِ

He curled his two sidelocks across his cheeks so that

It reminds me of the bending and the two dots.

he might remind me of al-Liwa and al-Raqmatayn.

And beneath the carnelian of his sipper it showed us

وَتَحْتَ عَقِيقِ مِرْشَفِهِ أرَانَا

وَتَحْتَ عَقِيقِ مِرْشَفِهِ أرَانَا

عُذَيْبَ نَقَا ثَنَايَا الأبْرَقَيْنِ

عُذَيْبَ نَقَا ثَنَايَا الأبْرَقَيْنِ

And beneath the agate of his lip he showed us

The wolf's gap between the folds of the two calves.

Udhayb of the sand-ridge of al-Abraqayn's passes.

A full moon appeared in Hunayn,

وَلاَحَ بِبَدْرِ وَجْهٍِ فِي حُنَيْنٍ

وَلاَحَ بِبَدْرِ وَجْهٍِ فِي حُنَيْنٍ

وَهَلْ أبصرت بَدْراً فِي حُنَيْنِ

وَهَلْ أبصرت بَدْراً فِي حُنَيْنِ

And he shone with a full-moon face in Hunayn—

And have you seen a full moon in Hunayn?

and have you ever seen a full moon in Hunayn?

And it sweetened his temple with the jewelry of a mole,

وَحَلَّى جِيدَهُ بِحُلِيّ خَالٍ

وَحَلَّى جِيدَهُ بِحُلِيّ خَالٍ

وَمَا أحْلَى الزُّمُرُّدَ فِي اللَّجَيْنِ

وَمَا أحْلَى الزُّمُرُّدَ فِي اللَّجَيْنِ

And he adorned his neck with the ornaments of a beauty-spot—

And how sweet is emerald between the two stags.

how lovely the emerald in the silver!

And it matched the sun of his cheek with a cup,

وَقَارَنَ شَمْسَ خَدَّيْهِ بِكَأسٍ

وَقَارَنَ شَمْسَ خَدَّيْهِ بِكَأسٍ

وَمَا أبْهَى اقْتِرَانَ النَّيِّرَيْنِ

وَمَا أبْهَى اقْتِرَانَ النَّيِّرَيْنِ

And he paired the sun of his two cheeks with a cup—

And how splendid is the pairing of the two luminaries!

how splendid the conjunction of the two luminaries!

I seek refuge for his smooth forehead, beautiful

أعوذ جبينَه المجلوَّ حسنا

أعوذ جبينَه المجلوَّ حسنا

برب الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ الْمُشْرِقَيْنِ

برب الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ الْمُشْرِقَيْنِ

I invoke protection for his forehead, burnished with beauty,

By the Lord of the two easts, the two shining easts.

by the Lord of the two radiant Easts.

And I hope for the sipping of the sipper of his two lips,

وَأرْجُو رشفَ رِيقَةِ مِرْشَفَيْهِ

وَأرْجُو رشفَ رِيقَةِ مِرْشَفَيْهِ

وَمَنْ لِي بِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَتَيْنِ

وَمَنْ لِي بِالصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَتَيْنِ

And I hope to sip the saliva of his two lips—

And who do I have with purity and the two virtues?

and who can grant me al-Safa and the two Marwas?