وَبِمُهجَتي يا عاذِليَّ مُهَفهَفٌ

وَبِمُهجَتي يا عاذِليَّ مُهَفهَفٌ

جمع التنحولِ بِأَسرِهِ في خَصرِهِ

جمع التنحولِ بِأَسرِهِ في خَصرِهِ

And I would ransom with my lifeblood, O my reproachers, a slender youth

With my delight, O you who blame me, he is swaying,

Who gathered all slenderness into his waist.

Gathering the curving in his waist altogether,

أَسروه من بلد الثُغورِ فَأَصبَحَت

أَسروه من بلد الثُغورِ فَأَصبَحَت

نَفسي أَسيرَة ناظريهِ وَثَغرِهِ

نَفسي أَسيرَة ناظريهِ وَثَغرِهِ

They took him captive from a frontier land, and now

They captured him from the land of frontiers, so my soul became,

My soul is captive to his eyes and mouth.

A captive of his eyes and mouth,

وَحَياتِهِ لَولا مَلاحةَ وَجهِهِ

وَحَياتِهِ لَولا مَلاحةَ وَجهِهِ

ما ذَلَّ إِيماني لعزَّةِ كُفرِهِ

ما ذَلَّ إِيماني لعزَّةِ كُفرِهِ

And by his life, had it not been for his face’s beauty,

And his life - if it were not for the beauty of his face,

My faith would not have bowed to the might of his unbelief.

My faith would not have surrendered to the glory of his blasphemy