إذاwhen بتI spend the night مشغولpreoccupied الفؤادthe heart بماwith what ترىsees
إذا بت مشغول الفؤاد بما ترى
منamong الغيدthe graceful women عينيmy eye والجمالand beauty مفرقscattered
من الغيد عيني والجمال مفرق
When I spend the night, my heart absorbed in what is seen
When my heart is busy with what it sees
By my eye among graceful women, with beauty scattered,
Of the neck's grace and scattered beauty
أرَكِّبI fit فيin وهميmy imagination محيّاa face يشوقنيmakes me yearn
أرَكِّب في وهمي محيّا يشوقني
علىonto قامةa figure أولىbetter suited بهto it ثمthen أشبقI grow lustful
على قامة أولى به ثم أشبق
I fit, in my imagination, a face that makes me yearn
I imagine in my mind one who captivates me
Onto a figure better suited to it; then I grow lustful.
With a figure most deserving, then I yearn