رأيت مهفهفا كالغصن مالت

رأيت مهفهفا كالغصن مالت

به ريح الشمال لدى الهبوب

به ريح الشمال لدى الهبوب

I saw a slender youth, like a branch bent

I saw a swaying form, like a branch bent

by the north wind as it blew.

By the northern wind when it blows

له ثوب يميل عليه تيها

له ثوب يميل عليه تيها

كما التفّ القضيب على القضيب

كما التفّ القضيب على القضيب

His robe sways proudly upon him,

Wearing a robe that inclines aimlessly

as one branch entwines around another.

As a stick leans upon another stick

فحمّلني هواه وكنت غرّا

فحمّلني هواه وكنت غرّا

بما يلقى المحبّ من الحبيب

بما يلقى المحبّ من الحبيب

So love for him burdened me, though I was naïve

He filled me with passion, and I was a fool

about what a lover suffers from the beloved.

For what a lover receives from the beloved

له جفنان قد مليا سقاما

له جفنان قد مليا سقاما

يبثان السقام إلى القلوب

يبثان السقام إلى القلوب

His two eyelids have been filled with sickness;

He has two eyelids that harbor sickness

they spread sickness into hearts.

Spreading sickness into hearts