لي حبيبٌ أذاب قلبي وصدّا

لي حبيبٌ أذاب قلبي وصدّا

كان في الحكم ظالما وتعدّى

كان في الحكم ظالما وتعدّى

I have a beloved who melted my heart and turned away.

I have a beloved who melted my heart and was stern

He was unjust in judgment and transgressed.

He was unjust in his rule and exceeded limits

كلما ازددت من هواه ليرضى

كلما ازددت من هواه ليرضى

قابلَ الوصل بالجفاء وصدّا

قابلَ الوصل بالجفاء وصدّا

Whenever I grew in love for him, that he might be pleased,

Whenever I increased in my love for him to please him

He met union with coldness and turned away.

He met my affection with aloofness and sternness

بأبي وجهك الذي جمع الحس

بأبي وجهك الذي جمع الحس

ن فقد صار في الملاحة فردا

ن فقد صار في الملاحة فردا

May my father be ransom for your face, which gathers beauty;

By my father's face which gathered beauty

For it has become unrivaled in loveliness.

He became unmatched in handsomeness

يفضح البدر جالسا فإذا قا

يفضح البدر جالسا فإذا قا

م حكاه القضيب حسنا وقدّا

م حكاه القضيب حسنا وقدّا

Seated, he puts the full moon to shame; and when he

He shames the full moon sitting, and when he stands

rises, the bough resembles him in beauty and stature.

His stature makes him handsome and well-built

وإذا ما مشى حسبت رياح الجوّ قد

وإذا ما مشى حسبت رياح الجوّ قد

حملّت عبيرا وندّا

حملّت عبيرا وندّا

And when he walks, I imagine the winds of the air have

And when he walks, I imagine the winds

been laden with perfume and fragrant incense.

Have carried perfume and dew