وغُنجِ عَينك وما أودَعَت

وغُنجِ عَينك وما أودَعَت

أجفانُها قلبَ شَجٍ وامقِ

أجفانُها قلبَ شَجٍ وامقِ

By your eye’s coquetry and what has been lodged

The charm of your eyes, and what their lids conceal

by its lids in a sorrowful lover’s heart,

A heart torn with agony and pain does feel

ما خَلَقَ الرحمنُ تُفَّاحتَي

ما خَلَقَ الرحمنُ تُفَّاحتَي

خَدَّيكَ إلا لفَمِ العاشقِ

خَدَّيكَ إلا لفَمِ العاشقِ

the All-Merciful did not create the two apples

The Almighty did not create your rosy cheeks

of your cheeks except for a lover’s mouth.

Except for the lips of lovers to graze and seek

لَكِنَّني أُمنَعُ منها فما

لَكِنَّني أُمنَعُ منها فما

حظِّيَ إلا خِلسَةُ السَّارِقِ

حظِّيَ إلا خِلسَةُ السَّارِقِ

But I am kept from them, so

But alas, I'm denied the nectar of your lips

my only share is a thief’s furtive snatch.

Except through furtive sips like a wretched thief