صنم شغفت بحبه

صنم شغفت بحبه

فغدوت من عبد الصنم

فغدوت من عبد الصنم

An idol—I was enthralled by love for him,

An idol I fell in love with

So I became one who worshipped the idol.

And so became a servant to idols

أحببته فحملت من

أحببته فحملت من

أجفانه بعض السقم

أجفانه بعض السقم

I loved him, and caught from

I loved it and so took on

His eyelids a share of sickness.

Some of its sickness in my eyelids

شعر ألم بعارضيه

شعر ألم بعارضيه

فزاد عاشقه لمم

فزاد عاشقه لمم

Hair appeared upon his cheeks,

Its hair caused me pain in my cheeks

And heightened his lover’s madness.

Increasing the kisses of its lover

والسيف يحسن في الحلى

والسيف يحسن في الحلى

والبدر يشرق في الظلم

والبدر يشرق في الظلم

And the sword looks beautiful with adornments,

And the sword looks best among jewelry

And the full moon shines in darkness.

The full moon shines in the darkness

والطرس أحسن ما يكو

والطرس أحسن ما يكو

ن إذا جرى فيه القلم

ن إذا جرى فيه القلم

And the parchment is at its fairest

And the page is most beautiful

When the pen runs across it.

When the pen flows across it