أفدِي مليحاً لي إلى

أفدِي مليحاً لي إلى

مرآه طول الدهر فقر

مرآه طول الدهر فقر

I would give my life for a handsome one; for

I would ransom my life for he who his mirror

the sight of him I am forever in need.

Is destitute all his days yet never poor,

من خدِّه وجفونه

من خدِّه وجفونه

للحسن دينار وكسر

للحسن دينار وكسر

From his cheek and his eyelids,

For his cheeks and his lids that owe nothing

beauty has a dinar and small change.

To beauty but dinar, fraction, and score.