يا مَن لِقَلبٍ مُتَيَّمٍ كَلِفٍ

يا مَن لِقَلبٍ مُتَيَّمٍ كَلِفٍ

يَهذي بِخَودٍ مَريضَةِ النَظَرِ

يَهذي بِخَودٍ مَريضَةِ النَظَرِ

Oh, who will help a heart enslaved by love, consumed with passion,

O you whose anguished heart is burdened with grief

Raving about a tender maiden with a languid gaze?

And raves deliriously with ailing gaze,

تَمشي الهُوَينا إِذا مَشَت فُضُلاً

تَمشي الهُوَينا إِذا مَشَت فُضُلاً

وَهيَ كَمِثلِ العُسلوجِ في الشَجَرِ

وَهيَ كَمِثلِ العُسلوجِ في الشَجَرِ

She walks softly when she walks in a single garment,

She walks gently like honey dripping from the tree,

And she is like a tender shoot among the trees.

We neither coveted her, nor did she expect us,

ما إِن طَمِعنا بِها وَلا طَمِعَت

ما إِن طَمِعنا بِها وَلا طَمِعَت

حَتّى اِلتَقَينا لَيلاً عَلى قَدَرِ

حَتّى اِلتَقَينا لَيلاً عَلى قَدَرِ

We had not hoped for her, nor had she hoped for us,

Until we met by chance one night.

Until we met one night as fate decreed.

My eyes grew confused as I looked at her,

ما زالَ طَرفي يَحارُ إِذ نَظَرَت

ما زالَ طَرفي يَحارُ إِذ نَظَرَت

حَتّى رَأَيتُ النُقصانَ في بَصَري

حَتّى رَأَيتُ النُقصانَ في بَصَري

My gaze remained bewildered when she looked,

Until I saw my vision had diminished,

Until I noticed a failing in my sight.

One night I saw her and forgot her,

أَبصَرتُها لَيلَةً وَنِسوَتِها

أَبصَرتُها لَيلَةً وَنِسوَتِها

يَمشينَ بَينَ المَقامِ وَالحَجَرِ

يَمشينَ بَينَ المَقامِ وَالحَجَرِ

I saw her one night with her women,

Walking lightly between staying and leaving.

Walking between the Maqam and the Stone.

White, beautiful, tender buds she walked gently like cows,

بيضاً حِساناً خَرائِداً قُطُفاً

بيضاً حِساناً خَرائِداً قُطُفاً

يَمشينَ هَوناً كَمِشيَةِ البَقَرِ

يَمشينَ هَوناً كَمِشيَةِ البَقَرِ

Fair, lovely, bashful maidens, short-stepping,

Endowed with beauty and grace together,

They walk gently, with the gait of cattle.

And endowed with messengers of coyness and vigilance,

قَد فُزنَ بِالحُسنِ وَالجَمالِ مَعاً

قَد فُزنَ بِالحُسنِ وَالجَمالِ مَعاً

وَفُزنَ رِسلاً بِالدَلِّ وَالخَفَرِ

وَفُزنَ رِسلاً بِالدَلِّ وَالخَفَرِ

They have won loveliness and beauty alike,

They listen to her when she speaks,

And won, with ease, coquettish grace and modesty.

To prefer her over all mankind,

يُنصِتنَ يَوماً لَها إِذا نَطَقَت

يُنصِتنَ يَوماً لَها إِذا نَطَقَت

كَيما يُفَضِّلنَها عَلى البَشَرِ

كَيما يُفَضِّلنَها عَلى البَشَرِ

One day they listen silently to her when she speaks,

She said to a girlfriend confiding in her,

So as to rank her above humankind.

“You will spoil pilgrimage all your life.”

قالَت لِتِربٍ لَها تُحَدِّثُها

قالَت لِتِربٍ لَها تُحَدِّثُها

لَتُفسِدِنَّ الطَوافَ في عُمَرِ

لَتُفسِدِنَّ الطَوافَ في عُمَرِ

She said to a companion her own age, speaking to her:

“Get up and confront him so he may see us,

"You shall surely spoil Umar's circumambulation.

Then wink at him, O sister, in vigilance.”

قومي تَصَدَّي لَهُ لِيُبصِرَنا

قومي تَصَدَّي لَهُ لِيُبصِرَنا

ثُمَّ اِغمُزيهِ يا أُختُ في خَفَرِ

ثُمَّ اِغمُزيهِ يا أُختُ في خَفَرِ

Rise, put yourself before him, so he may see us;

She said, “I have winked at him but he refused,

Then wink at him, sister, bashfully."

Then I walked briskly following you.”

قالَت لَها قَد غَمَزتُهُ فَأَبى

قالَت لَها قَد غَمَزتُهُ فَأَبى

ثُمَّ اِسبَطَرَّت تَسعى عَلى أَثَري

ثُمَّ اِسبَطَرَّت تَسعى عَلى أَثَري

She said to her, "I have already winked at him, but he refused."

Whoever is satiated with her saliva after sleep,

Then she strode forth, hurrying in my wake.

Is satiated with musk and cool waist.

مَن يُسقَ بَعدَ المَنامِ ريقَتَها

مَن يُسقَ بَعدَ المَنامِ ريقَتَها

يُسقَ بِمِسكٍ وَبارِدٍ خَصِرِ

يُسقَ بِمِسكٍ وَبارِدٍ خَصِرِ

Whoever is given her saliva to drink after sleep

She is a bashful, lovely, difficult maiden,

Is given musk and a cool, chilled draught.

At the prime of her beauty.

حَوراءُ مَمكورَةٌ مُحَبَّبَةٌ

حَوراءُ مَمكورَةٌ مُحَبَّبَةٌ

عَسراءُ لِلشَكلِ عِندَ مُجتَمَرِ

عَسراءُ لِلشَكلِ عِندَ مُجتَمَرِ

With striking dark-and-white eyes, round-limbed and beloved,

Hard to match at a gathering.