لما أَشارت بعُنَّابٍ على عَنَم

لما أَشارت بعُنَّابٍ على عَنَم

نَحْوي وعَبْرَتُها ممزوجةٌ بدمِ

نَحْوي وعَبْرَتُها ممزوجةٌ بدمِ

When she gestured with jujubes upon ʿanam branches

When she gestured with her fingers towards a lamb

toward me, while her tear was mingled with blood,

Towards me, and her teardrops were mingled with blood,

وأَسفرتْ فبدا من وجهها قمَرٌ

وأَسفرتْ فبدا من وجهها قمَرٌ

عليه من شرِها داجٍ من الظُّلَم

عليه من شرِها داجٍ من الظُّلَم

and unveiled her face, from which a moon appeared,

And dawn broke, so that a moon appeared on her face,

over it lay, from her evil, a dark veil of shadows.

On which was a darkness, cast by her evil,

عانقتُها ودموعي في مدامعها

عانقتُها ودموعي في مدامعها

مُنْهَلَّةٌ وتلاثَمْنا فَماً بفم

مُنْهَلَّةٌ وتلاثَمْنا فَماً بفم

I embraced her, and my tears within her eyes

I embraced her, and my tears were in her tears,

poured down, and we kissed mouth to mouth.

Flowing, and we kissed mouth to mouth,

كأَنَّ في ثغرها الصَّهْبَاء قد فُتِقَتْ

كأَنَّ في ثغرها الصَّهْبَاء قد فُتِقَتْ

بماءِ وردٍ لذِيذٍ باردٍ شَبِم

بماءِ وردٍ لذِيذٍ باردٍ شَبِم

As though tawny wine in her mouth had been blended

As though in her chaste mouth had been opened

with delicious rosewater, cool and icy cold.

A spring of sweet, cool rose-water,

حُبِّي لِوجْهك يا من رحت أَضمِرها

حُبِّي لِوجْهك يا من رحت أَضمِرها

حُبِّي لِبَدْل النَّدَى والجُودِ والكَرِم

حُبِّي لِبَدْل النَّدَى والجُودِ والكَرِم

My love for your face, O you whom I have come to cherish in secret,

My love for your face, O she whom I kept it secret,

is my love for the recompense of bounty, liberality, and generosity.

My love for the substitute of dew, generosity and nobility.