نم بأسرار الحمى نسيمه

نم بأسرار الحمى نسيمه

فذاع من سر الهوى مكتومه

فذاع من سر الهوى مكتومه

The sanctuary's breeze disclosed its secrets;

The breeze whispered his burning passions,

So what was hidden of love's secret spread abroad.

Spreading secrets of love once concealed,

روى حديثاً عن أهيل رامة

روى حديثاً عن أهيل رامة

جدد ما أبلى الهوى قديمه

جدد ما أبلى الهوى قديمه

It told a tale about the dear folk of Rāmah,

Telling tales of the fair maidens of Rama,

Renewing what love had long ago worn out,

Renewing loves that time had worn away,

إلى كئيب دنف عذابه

إلى كئيب دنف عذابه

في حب جيران النقا نعيمه

في حب جيران النقا نعيمه

To a sorrowful, lovesick one whose torment

To the sad and lonesome, tormented with yearning,

In loving al-Naqā's neighbors is his bliss.

In the love of radiant beauties, delighting,

روم أن يعطف من ذاك الحمى

روم أن يعطف من ذاك الحمى

عليه من بعد الصدود ريمه

عليه من بعد الصدود ريمه

Hoping that, from that sanctuary, there might turn

Hoping she might show him some favor,

Toward him, after shunning him, its gazelle.

After so long being spurned and rejected,

يا صناً مقلته صاد له

يا صناً مقلته صاد له

والحاجب النون وفوه ميه

والحاجب النون وفوه ميه

O idol, whose eye supplies its ṣād,

"O you, whose luring gaze arrows me,

And whose eyebrow is the nūn, and whose mouth its mīm.

With eyebrows like a noon, lips like wine!"

طوبى لمن في راحتيك راحه

طوبى لمن في راحتيك راحه

وأنت يا كل المنى نديه

وأنت يا كل المنى نديه

Blessed is he whose wine is in your palms,

Happy is he who rests in your presence,

And you, O sum of all desires, are his boon companion.

You, the fulfillment of all desires!

إن تاه في معوج صدغيك فقد

إن تاه في معوج صدغيك فقد

هداه من فرقك مستقيمه

هداه من فرقك مستقيمه

If he loses his way amid your curling sidelocks, then surely

If he strays down the crooked path of your glances,

The straight line of your hair's parting has guided him.

Your straight tresses will rightly guide him.

آنس قلبي نار طور خده

آنس قلبي نار طور خده

فهو كما شاء الهوى كليمه

فهو كما شاء الهوى كليمه

My heart glimpsed the fire on his cheek's Sinai;

My heart glimpsed your blazing cheek,

So, as love has willed, it is his interlocutor.

And was scorched, as God willed it so.