كم أنتَ واللهِ تُحسَدْ

كم أنتَ واللهِ تُحسَدْ

باللْحظِ والروحِ والقدّْ

باللْحظِ والروحِ والقدّْ

How greatly you are envied, by God,

How enviable you are, by God

For your gaze, your spirit, and your figure.

With your glance, spirit, and stature

عيناك عينا مهاةٍ

عيناك عينا مهاةٍ

والشعر كالليلِ أسودْ

والشعر كالليلِ أسودْ

Your eyes are the eyes of a female oryx,

Your eyes are the eyes of a gazelle

And your hair is black as night.

And your hair is black as the night

والثغرُ عِقدُ لآلٍ

والثغرُ عِقدُ لآلٍ

يا ليتني فيه أُنضَدْ

يا ليتني فيه أُنضَدْ

And your mouth is a necklace of pearls—

Your smile a string of pearls

Oh, if only I were strung within it!

Would that I could thread them

إني وحيدُ القوافي

إني وحيدُ القوافي

وأنتَ بالحسن أَوحَدْ

وأنتَ بالحسن أَوحَدْ

Indeed, I am peerless in rhyme,

I am alone in rhyming

And you are peerless in beauty.

While you are unmatched in beauty

ففيمَ هذا التجافي

ففيمَ هذا التجافي

والهجرُ يا حلو والصَّدّْ

والهجرُ يا حلو والصَّدّْ

Why, then, this aloofness,

Why this aloofness

And abandonment, sweet one, and rejection?

And estrangement, O sweet and cold one

لكم سهرتُ الليالي

لكم سهرتُ الليالي

وقلت: يا نجمُ فاشْهَدْ

وقلت: يا نجمُ فاشْهَدْ

How many nights I have stayed awake,

How many nights I stayed up

And said: O star, bear witness

Saying: O star, bear witness

بأنَّني منهُ مضنى

بأنَّني منهُ مضنى

وأنني فيه أُحْسَدْ

وأنني فيه أُحْسَدْ

That I am worn out because of him,

That I am sick with longing for him

And that I am envied on his account,

And that I envy him

وأنّه يتجنّى

وأنّه يتجنّى

وأنَّني أَتَجلَّدْ

وأنَّني أَتَجلَّدْ

And that he wrongs me,

And that he is shy

And that I steel myself.

And I am patient

وكلَّما رُمتُ وعداً

وكلَّما رُمتُ وعداً

بهجرِه يتوعَّدْ

بهجرِه يتوعَّدْ

And whenever I seek a promise,

And whenever I intend to abandon

He threatens to abandon me.

His estrangement, he threatens anew

وإنْ خلوتُ بنفسي

وإنْ خلوتُ بنفسي

وجدتُها تَتَمرَّدْ

وجدتُها تَتَمرَّدْ

And if I am alone with myself,

And when alone with myself

I find my soul rebelling.

I find it rebelling

أقول، يا نفسُ صبراً

أقول، يا نفسُ صبراً

فبابُه غيرُ موصَدْ

فبابُه غيرُ موصَدْ

I say: O soul, have patience,

I say: O soul, have patience

For his door is not shut.

For his door is not barred

أقولها وفؤادي

أقولها وفؤادي

على اللظى يتوقَّدْ

على اللظى يتوقَّدْ

I say it while my heart

I say this while my heart

Burns upon the flames.

Burns with agony

مُنى غدي أنتَ لكنْ

مُنى غدي أنتَ لكنْ

سيَّان أمسي والغَدّْ

سيَّان أمسي والغَدّْ

You are my hopes for tomorrow, yet

My wish tomorrow is you

My yesterday and tomorrow are alike.

But yesterday and tomorrow are the same

وأنتَ محرابُ قلبي

وأنتَ محرابُ قلبي

فحيثما كنتَ يَسجُدْ

فحيثما كنتَ يَسجُدْ

And you are my heart's prayer niche;

You are the shrine of my heart

So wherever you are, it prostrates itself.

So wherever you are it bows down