أُحِبُّ الغُلامَ إِذا كَرَّها

أُحِبُّ الغُلامَ إِذا كَرَّها

وَأَبصَرتُهُ أَشعَثاً أَمرَها

وَأَبصَرتُهُ أَشعَثاً أَمرَها

I love the lad when he repeats the charge,

I love the lad when he launches the charge,

And I saw him disheveled, his eyes without kohl.

And I see him disheveled and stern,

وَقَد حَذِرَ الناسُ سِكّينَهُ

وَقَد حَذِرَ الناسُ سِكّينَهُ

فَكُلُّهُم يَتَّقي شَرَّها

فَكُلُّهُم يَتَّقي شَرَّها

And people have grown wary of his knife,

And the people have grown wary of his knife,

So all of them guard against its harm.

So that all of them guard against its harm,

وَإِنّي رَأَيتُ سَراويلَهُ

وَإِنّي رَأَيتُ سَراويلَهُ

لَها تَكَّةٌ أَشتَهي جَرَّها

لَها تَكَّةٌ أَشتَهي جَرَّها

And indeed I saw his trousers:

But I have looked upon his trousers,

They have a drawstring I long to pull.

With a drawstring that I crave to pull.