لاحظتُه فرمتْ قلبِي لواحِظُه

لاحظتُه فرمتْ قلبِي لواحِظُه

بأسْهُمٍ ما لها رِيشٌ سِوى الكحَلِ

بأسْهُمٍ ما لها رِيشٌ سِوى الكحَلِ

I glanced at him, and his glances shot at my heart

I noticed him, so my heart was smitten by his glances

With arrows feathered with nothing but kohl.

With arrows that have no feathers but kohl

فبان في مُهْجَتي آلامُ أَسهُمِهِ

فبان في مُهْجَتي آلامُ أَسهُمِهِ

وبان لونُ دمِي في خَدِّه الخَجِلِ

وبان لونُ دمِي في خَدِّه الخَجِلِ

So the pains of his arrows showed in my heart’s core,

So the pain of his arrows appeared on my forehead

And the color of my blood showed in his bashful cheek.

And the color of my blood appeared on his shy cheek

فَلَيتَهُ إذ سقانِي سُمَّ مُقْلتِه

فَلَيتَهُ إذ سقانِي سُمَّ مُقْلتِه

صِرفاً سقانِي مُدامَ الَّلحْظِ بالقُبَلِ

صِرفاً سقانِي مُدامَ الَّلحْظِ بالقُبَلِ

Would that, when he gave me his eye’s poison to drink,

If only when he gave me the poison of his glances

Undiluted, he had given me the wine of his glance with kisses.

He would give me the wine of kisses instead

أَوليته صدَّ عن هَجْرِي ومَظْلمتِي

أَوليته صدَّ عن هَجْرِي ومَظْلمتِي

كمَا صَددتُ بقلبِي فيه عن عَذَلِ

كمَا صَددتُ بقلبِي فيه عن عَذَلِ

Or would that he turn away from shunning and wronging me,

If only he would refrain from my abandonment and darkness

As I turned away, with my heart, from reproach concerning him.

As I have refrained with my heart from blaming him