صليني يا مهاة الابرقين

صليني يا مهاة الابرقين

فأنت ملية بقضاء ديني

فأنت ملية بقضاء ديني

Join me, O gazelle of al-Abraqayn,

Grant me union, O oryx of al-Abraqayn.

Pray for me, O swift Maha,

for you are well able to settle my debt.

For you are well able to repay my debt.

For you are prompt in fulfilling my wish.

بناضر قدك النشوان عطفاً

بناضر قدك النشوان عطفاً

على ولهان ساهي الناظرين

على ولهان ساهي الناظرين

By the radiant grace of your drunken-swaying form, have pity

By your blooming, drunken figure, take pity

With your delicate waist gently swaying,

on a love-distraught man whose two eyes wander.

on a lovesick man whose two eyes are distracted.

Pity this lovesick one with distracted eyes.

تعرض للهوى جهلا فاصمت

تعرض للهوى جهلا فاصمت

مقاتله سهام المقلتين

مقاتله سهام المقلتين

He ventured into love, unknowing; then struck home

He exposed himself to love in ignorance, and was mortally struck

If you ignorantly fall for desire, be silent,

in his vital spots the arrows of those two eyes.

in his vital parts by the arrows of the two eyes.

Battling the arrows shot from eyelashes.