كَيفَ الخَلاصُ وَذى اللِحاظ تَصول

كَيفَ الخَلاصُ وَذى اللِحاظ تَصول

وَالسَيف مِن جِفنَيكَ لي مَسلول

وَالسَيف مِن جِفنَيكَ لي مَسلول

How can I escape while these glances attack,

How can I find deliverance when your glances pierce

And the sword from your eyelids is drawn against me?

And swords from your eyelids are unsheathed against me

وَعَقارِب الاِصداغِ لِما أَن سَعت

وَعَقارِب الاِصداغِ لِما أَن سَعت

أَيقَنتَ مِنها أَنَّني مَقتول

أَيقَنتَ مِنها أَنَّني مَقتول

And when the scorpions of the temples scurried,

And scorpions in my temples, when they crawled

You knew for certain from them that I would be slain.

Assured me that I was destined to be killed

يا ظَبي هَل تَدنو لِيَسعَدَ ناظِري

يا ظَبي هَل تَدنو لِيَسعَدَ ناظِري

بِلُقاكَ اِن يَكُ لِلِّقاءِ سَبيل

بِلُقاكَ اِن يَكُ لِلِّقاءِ سَبيل

O gazelle, will you draw near, so my eye may rejoice

O gazelle, would you come near to gladden my eyes

In meeting you, if there is a way to meet?

By your presence, if a meeting were possible

لا تَخشَ مِن نَظرى عَلى خَدَّيكَ اِن

لا تَخشَ مِن نَظرى عَلى خَدَّيكَ اِن

يُبدى جِراحاً وَالمِياهُ تَسيلُ

يُبدى جِراحاً وَالمِياهُ تَسيلُ

Do not fear for your cheeks on account of my gaze, if

Do not fear my gaze upon your cheek, even if

It reveals wounds while the waters flow.

It reveals wounds while the waters flow

شَهِدت عُيونَكَ في اِباحَة مَأتَمى

شَهِدت عُيونَكَ في اِباحَة مَأتَمى

فَاِحكُم قِصاصا فَالشُهودُ عَدول

فَاِحكُم قِصاصا فَالشُهودُ عَدول

Your eyes bore witness that my mourning was permitted;

Your eyes witnessed the permissibility of my sorrow

So decree retribution, for the witnesses are upright.

So execute vengeance, for the witnesses are just