على وَجْه من أحْبَبْتُ أبْصَرْتُ نَرْجِساً

على وَجْه من أحْبَبْتُ أبْصَرْتُ نَرْجِساً

غدا بَاهِتاً يرْنُو له بعُيونِهِ

غدا بَاهِتاً يرْنُو له بعُيونِهِ

On the face of the one I loved, I saw a narcissus;

On the face of the one I loved, I saw a narcissus

It grew awestruck, gazing at him with its eyes.

That will fade tomorrow, though now it blooms under his eyes.

فيا حَبَّذا بلدرٌ بقلبِيَ نازلٌ

فيا حَبَّذا بلدرٌ بقلبِيَ نازلٌ

كأنَّ الثُّرَيَّا عُلِّقتْ في جَبِينِهِ

كأنَّ الثُّرَيَّا عُلِّقتْ في جَبِينِهِ

So how lovely—a full moon dwelling in my heart!

If only in my heart a full moon would descend,

As though the Pleiades were hung upon his brow.

As if Pleiades were suspended on his forehead.