مِنِّيَfrom me تُقياًpiety ومنكَand from you مَكرُguile
مِنِّيَ تُقياً ومنكَ مَكرُ
وفِيَّand in me بلوىًaffliction وفيكand in you صَبرُpatience
وفِيَّ بلوىً وفيك صَبرُ
From me comes piety, and from you guile.
From me, piety, and from you, cunning
And in me is affliction, and in you patience.
Troubles for me, patience for you
ماno لَكَfor you فيin الظُّلمcruelty والتعدِّيand transgression
ما لَكَ في الظُّلم والتعدِّي
عُذرٌan excuse وليand for me فيin هواكَlove of you عُذرُan excuse
عُذرٌ ولي في هواكَ عُذرُ
For cruelty and transgression, you have no
No excuse for you in injustice and trespass
Excuse; yet I have an excuse for loving you.
While for my love of you, I have an excuse
أنتَyou غَزالٌa gazelle وأنتand you غُصنٌa bough
أنتَ غَزالٌ وأنت غُصنٌ
وأنتَand you ليلٌnight وأنتand you بَدرُa full moon
وأنتَ ليلٌ وأنت بَدرُ
You are a gazelle, and you are a bough.
You’re a gazelle, a branch, night and full moon
And you are night, and you are a full moon.
Showing narcissus and rose — temptation and magic
تُبديyou show لناto us نرجساًa narcissus وورداًand a rose
تُبدي لنا نرجساً وورداً
حَشوهماthe filling of both فِتنةٌallure وسِحرُand magic
حَشوهما فِتنةٌ وسِحرُ
You show us a narcissus and a rose,
The wine of your eyes intoxicates my heart
Both filled with allure and magic.
Before any intoxication from wine
بخَمرِwith the wine of عَينيكyour two eyes فيin فؤاديmy heart
بخَمرِ عَينيك في فؤادي
منfrom قبلbefore سُكرthe drunkenness of المدامwine سُكرُdrunkenness
من قبل سُكر المدام سُكرُ
From the wine of your eyes, within my heart,
Is drunkenness before the drunkenness of wine.
Partial English translation: 8 of 10 Arabic lines translated.