وَفاتِنِ الأَلحاظِ وَالخَدِّ

وَفاتِنِ الأَلحاظِ وَالخَدِّ

مُعتَدِلِ القامَةِ وَالقَدِّ

مُعتَدِلِ القامَةِ وَالقَدِّ

And one with enchanting glances and cheek,

With languorous glances and rosy cheeks

Well-proportioned in stature and form:

Of perfect stature and height

صَيَّرَني عَبداً لَهُ حُسنُهُ

صَيَّرَني عَبداً لَهُ حُسنُهُ

وَالطَرفُ قَد صَيَّرَهُ عَبدي

وَالطَرفُ قَد صَيَّرَهُ عَبدي

His beauty made me his slave,

His beauty has made me his slave

And my gaze has made him my slave.

And my eyes have made him their slave

قالَ وَعَيني مِنهُ في عَينِهِ

قالَ وَعَيني مِنهُ في عَينِهِ

راتِعَةٌ في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

راتِعَةٌ في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

He said—while my eye, gazing into his,

He said, while my eyes were lost in his

Was reveling in the garden of eternity—

Reveling in eternal paradise

طَرفُكَ زانٍ قُلتُ دَمعي إِذَن

طَرفُكَ زانٍ قُلتُ دَمعي إِذَن

يَجلِدُهُ أَكثَرَ مِن حَدِّ

يَجلِدُهُ أَكثَرَ مِن حَدِّ

“Your gaze is an adulterer.” I said, “Then my tears

"Your gaze is alluring," I said "Then my tears

Flog it beyond the prescribed penalty.”

Will chastise it more than a whip"

فَاِحمَرَّ حَتّى كِدتُ أَن لا أَرى

فَاِحمَرَّ حَتّى كِدتُ أَن لا أَرى

وَجنَتَهُ مِن كَثرَةِ الوَردِ

وَجنَتَهُ مِن كَثرَةِ الوَردِ

So he blushed until I could scarcely see

He blushed till I could barely see

His cheek, for the profusion of roses.

His cheeks for all the redness

الحُسنُ وَالطيبُ إِذا اِستُجمِعا

الحُسنُ وَالطيبُ إِذا اِستُجمِعا

عَبدانِ عِندي لِأَبي عَبدِ

عَبدانِ عِندي لِأَبي عَبدِ

Beauty and fragrance, when united,

Beauty and fragrance when combined

Are, to me, two slaves of Abu Abd.

Are to me slaves of my father the slave