أَفْدِي رَشاً لِلْوِصَالِ قَالِي

أَفْدِي رَشاً لِلْوِصَالِ قَالِي

وَلَسْتُ عَنْ حُبِّهِ بِسَالِي

وَلَسْتُ عَنْ حُبِّهِ بِسَالِي

I would give my life for a young gazelle who spurns union,

I offer my life for a fawn who shuns our union,

nor am I one to forget my love for him.

Though I can never forget my love for him;

أَغَرُّ يَبْسِمُ عَنْ لَآلِي

أَغَرُّ يَبْسِمُ عَنْ لَآلِي

مَا إِنْ لَهُ فِي الْبَهَاءِ تَالِ

مَا إِنْ لَهُ فِي الْبَهَاءِ تَالِ

Radiant, he smiles, revealing pearls;

A radiant youth whose smile reveals pearls,

he has no rival in splendor.

Who has no equal in his splendor:

كَالْخَوْطِ وَالظَّبْيِ وَالْهِلاَل ِ

كَالْخَوْطِ وَالظَّبْيِ وَالْهِلاَل ِ

فِي الْقَدِّ وَاللَّحْظِ وَالْجَمَالِ

فِي الْقَدِّ وَاللَّحْظِ وَالْجَمَالِ

Like a supple branch, a gazelle, and the crescent moon,

Like the willow branch, the gazelle, and the crescent moon,

in stature, gaze, and beauty.

In his stature, his glance, and his beauty.

قَالَ فَأَضْرَمَ فِي فُؤَادِي

قَالَ فَأَضْرَمَ فِي فُؤَادِي

نَاراً لَظَاهَا حَشَايَ صَالِ

نَاراً لَظَاهَا حَشَايَ صَالِ

He replied, kindling in my heart

He spoke, thus igniting within my heart

a fire whose blaze scorches my very core,

A fire whose blazing flame roasts my very core,

إِذْ قُلْتُ صَلْنِي حَبِيبَ قَلْبِي

إِذْ قُلْتُ صَلْنِي حَبِيبَ قَلْبِي

يَا طَالِبَ الْخُوخِ فِي اللَّيَالِي

يَا طَالِبَ الْخُوخِ فِي اللَّيَالِي

when I said, 'Unite with me, beloved of my heart':

When I said, "Grant me union, beloved of my heart,"

'O seeker of peaches on winter nights!'

"O seeker of peaches in the dark of night!"