وَفاتِنِ الأَلحاظِ وَالخَدِّ

وَفاتِنِ الأَلحاظِ وَالخَدِّ

مُعتَدِلِ القامَةِ وَالقَدِّ

مُعتَدِلِ القامَةِ وَالقَدِّ

And one with enchanting glances and cheek,

With charming glances and cheek

One with captivating glances and charming cheek,

well-proportioned in stature and figure,

Of perfect stature and form

Graceful in stature and proportioned form,

قالَ وَعَيني مِنهُ في خَدِّهِ

قالَ وَعَيني مِنهُ في خَدِّهِ

راتِعَةٌ في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

راتِعَةٌ في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

said, while my eye upon his cheek

He said, while my eyes were fixed on his cheek

He spoke, while my eye was grazing upon his cheek,

was grazing in the garden of eternity:

Lost in the garden of eternity

Reveling in the Garden of Eternity.

طَرفُكَ زانٍ قُلتُ دَمعي إِذَن

طَرفُكَ زانٍ قُلتُ دَمعي إِذَن

يَجلِدُهُ أَكثَرَ مِن حَدِّ

يَجلِدُهُ أَكثَرَ مِن حَدِّ

"Your gaze is adulterous." I said, "Then my tears

Your glance adorns, I said. My tear then

He said, "Your glance is an adulterer." I replied, "Then my tears

flog it beyond the prescribed punishment."

Will chastise more than rebuke

Are flogging it far beyond the prescribed punishment."

فَاحمَرَّ حَتّى كِدتُ أَن لا أَرى

فَاحمَرَّ حَتّى كِدتُ أَن لا أَرى

وَجنَتَهُ مِن كَثرَةِ الوَردِ

وَجنَتَهُ مِن كَثرَةِ الوَردِ

So he blushed until I could scarcely see

He blushed until I almost could not see

Then he blushed, until I could almost no longer distinguish

his cheek for the profusion of roses.

His cheek for the abundance of roses

His cheek, for the sheer abundance of its roses.