ظبيa gazelle منof التركthe Turks قدindeed فتنتI have been bewitched بهby him
ظبي من الترك قد فتنت به
يتركis forsaken فيin حبlove مثلهone like him النُّسكascetic devotion
يترك في حب مثله النُّسك
A Turkish gazelle has left me utterly enthralled;
A gazelle of the Turks—I have been bewitched by him.
A gazelle, turk-like, entranced me with her glance -
for love of such a one, a man forsakes devotion.
For love of one like him, ascetic devotion is forsaken.
Abandoning devoutness for love of her like
كأنماas though الثغرthe mouth تحتbeneath شامتهhis beauty mark
كأنما الثغر تحت شامته
كأسa cup رحيقpure wine ختامهits seal مسكmusk
كأس رحيق ختامه مسك
It is as though the mouth beneath his beauty mark
As though the mouth beneath his beauty mark
Her lips under her moles were like a cup
were a cup of nectar whose seal is musk.
Were a cup of pure wine whose seal is musk.
Whose seal was pure musk