قل لذي الوجهِ المترّك

قل لذي الوجهِ المترّك

ولذي الصدغِ الممسّك

ولذي الصدغِ الممسّك

Say to the one with the Turkish-looking face,

Say to the one with the disheveled face

Say to the one with the Turkic face,

and to the one with the musk-scented temple,

And the one with the firm jawbone

And the sidelock scented with musk,

ولذي السرّةَ والأعكا

ولذي السرّةَ والأعكا

نِ والثدي المفكّك

نِ والثدي المفكّك

and to the one with the navel and belly folds,

And the one with the bracelets and anklets

And the one of the navel and fleshy

and the drooping breast:

And the unclasped breasts

folds, and the bosom unlaced,

قد تخرّستَ بلا طب

قد تخرّستَ بلا طب

ع لكي تعندَ دلّك

ع لكي تعندَ دلّك

You have feigned muteness, though not by nature,

You have fallen silent without reason

You feigned a silence with no natural

to make your coyness obstinate.

Just to be stubborn with me

cause, just to show off your disdain,

فأبى ذلك يا مفتو

فأبى ذلك يا مفتو

ح إلّا أن تفكّك

ح إلّا أن تفكّك

But that, O open one,

Yet my dear one refused

But it refused, O you who are

would do nothing but come undone.

Except to come undone

open, to do aught but break loose.

فأبن لي أيَّ طيرٍ

فأبن لي أيَّ طيرٍ

من طيور الأرض زفّك

من طيور الأرض زفّك

So tell me which bird

So tell me which bird

So reveal to me: what manner of bird

among the birds of the earth led you in bridal procession?

Of the birds on earth are you

from the flocks of the earth bore you here?

كلّما جمّشكَ الإلحاحُ

كلّما جمّشكَ الإلحاحُ

أو إن رمتُ وصلَك

أو إن رمتُ وصلَك

Whenever insistence fondled you,

Whenever I pester you insistently

Whenever my insistence toys with you,

or if I sought union with you,

Or if I cast off your bond

or if I seek to be joined with you,

قلتَ لي واحرَبي

قلتَ لي واحرَبي

منكَ أما ريّحتَ نفسك

منكَ أما ريّحتَ نفسك

you said to me, “Oh, my misery

You say woe to me

You cry to me, "Oh, the calamity

because of you! Haven’t you given yourself a rest?”

Have you not given yourself relief from me

you bring! Will you not give it a rest?"