وخاطرٌand a heart عنتُtorment الأشواقِthe longings تعجبهdelight it
وخاطرٌ عنتُ الأشواقِ تعجبه
جآذِرُfawns الترْكِthe Turks لاnot زَيَّgarb الأعاريبthe Bedouins
جآذِرُ الترْكِ لا زَيَّ الأعاريب
And a mind afflicted by yearning is delighted by
And a heart, tormented by longing, is charmed by
the gazelles of the Turks—not the garb of the Bedouin Arabs—
The fawns of the Turks, not the garb of the Bedouins;
منfrom among كلِّevery أهيفٍslender-waisted one ضاقتgrew narrow عينهhis eye فمتىso when
من كلِّ أهيفٍ ضاقت عينه فمتى
يجودُbestows generously ليon me منfrom تلاقيهmeeting him بمطلوبيwith what I seek
يجودُ لي من تلاقيه بمطلوبي
each slender one whose eye is narrow. So when
Each a slender-waisted youth whose eye is narrow—when, then,
will he graciously grant me, through meeting him, what I desire?
Will he grant me, through meeting him, what I seek?