أَفدي غزالاً مفرطاً في الخلافْ

أَفدي غزالاً مفرطاً في الخلافْ

كأنّهُ بعضُ غصونِ الخِلافْ

كأنّهُ بعضُ غصونِ الخِلافْ

I would ransom a gazelle, excessive in defiance;

I ransom a gazelle, so unique in its elegance

As though he were one of the willow's branches.

As if it were a branch of the oleander bush

ظبيٌ غَريرٌ غرَّني حُسنُهُ

ظبيٌ غَريرٌ غرَّني حُسنُهُ

أخافُ منهُ وعليهِ أخافُ

أخافُ منهُ وعليهِ أخافُ

A guileless gazelle—his beauty beguiled me;

A graceful, docile gazelle, whose beauty enticed me

I fear him, and I fear for him.

I fear it, yet I fear for it as well