أكحيلة الاجفان بالسحر الذي

أكحيلة الاجفان بالسحر الذي

لولاه مادرت البلابل بابل

لولاه مادرت البلابل بابل

O you whose eyelids are kohl-darkened with the magic

The kohl of eyelids with the magic that

without which Babylon would never have known anguish.

Without it, the nightingales would not have sung in Babylon

قد كان قلبي غافلا عما به

قد كان قلبي غافلا عما به

أودى وقلب أخي السلامة غافل

أودى وقلب أخي السلامة غافل

My heart had indeed been heedless of that which

My heart was oblivious to what was in it

brought it to ruin—and the heart of one safe from harm is heedless—

And my brother's heart was oblivious to well-being

حتى دهاني منك صدر رامح

حتى دهاني منك صدر رامح

ذرب سناناه وطرف قاتل

ذرب سناناه وطرف قاتل

until I was assailed by your spear-bearing bosom,

Until your piercing chest struck me

with its two keen spearheads, and by your deadly gaze.

The tip of its spear piercing, and its glance deadly

ما عقدك المهنا بجيدك درة

ما عقدك المهنا بجيدك درة

لكن فرند في حسام جائل

لكن فرند في حسام جائل

Your fortunate necklace around your neck is no pearl,

Your necklace is not made of pearls around your neck

but a watered pattern in a swaying sword.

But it is a white shiny sword in a swiftly swinging scabbard