حَرامٌ عَلى جَفني المَنامُ وَأن يُرى

حَرامٌ عَلى جَفني المَنامُ وَأن يُرى

غَرامي يَحولُ عَن هَوى لُعسَةِ الثَغرِ

غَرامي يَحولُ عَن هَوى لُعسَةِ الثَغرِ

Sleep is forbidden to my eyelid, as is the sight of

Sleep is forbidden to my eyes though my love

my passion turning away from love of her dusky lips.

Turns from the craving of the red lips.

تُمازِجُ كأسي مِن دُموعٍ كَخَدِّها

تُمازِجُ كأسي مِن دُموعٍ كَخَدِّها

وَتَجري عُيونٌ مِن عُيونٍ عَلى صَدري

وَتَجري عُيونٌ مِن عُيونٍ عَلى صَدري

Tears like her cheek mingle with my cup,

My cup mingles with tears like her cheeks

And springs flow from eyes over my chest.

And eyes flow from eyes upon my breast.

يَميناً بِذاكَ الوَردِ وَالدَعج وَاللَمى

يَميناً بِذاكَ الوَردِ وَالدَعج وَاللَمى

وَبِالمُنحَنى وَالمُرهَفاتِ وَبِالخِصرِ

وَبِالمُنحَنى وَالمُرهَفاتِ وَبِالخِصرِ

I swear by that rose, the eyes' deep blackness, and the lips' dusky hue,

With that rose and down and gleam

And by the curve, the keen blades, and the waist:

And the bending and the fluttering and the waist,

فَإِنّي عَلى العَهدِ القَديمِ وَحَبَّذا

فَإِنّي عَلى العَهدِ القَديمِ وَحَبَّذا

وَمَن لي بِمَطلعِ الثُرَيّا مَعَ الفَجرِ

وَمَن لي بِمَطلعِ الثُرَيّا مَعَ الفَجرِ

For I remain faithful to the old pledge—and how lovely!

For I keep the old pact and good fortune,

And who will grant me the rising of the Pleiades with the dawn?

If with the Pleiades daybreak appears to me.

تَلوحُ وَقَلبي في جَمالِها مُنعِمٌ

تَلوحُ وَقَلبي في جَمالِها مُنعِمٌ

وَنُمسي بِها في نَحرِها وَهيَ في نَحري

وَنُمسي بِها في نَحرِها وَهيَ في نَحري

She gleams, and my heart revels in her beauty,

Her beauty promises and my heart exults,

And we spend the evening with her, in her bosom, while she is in mine.

And we sleep in each other's breast and throat.