وَهَيفاءَ لا أُصغي إِلى مَن يَلومُني

وَهَيفاءَ لا أُصغي إِلى مَن يَلومُني

عَلَيها وَيُغريني بِها أَن يَعيبَها

عَلَيها وَيُغريني بِها أَن يَعيبَها

And a slender-waisted beauty—I heed no one who blames me

I do not listen to those who blame me

For her; his finding fault with her draws me to her.

For my love of her, though they decry her.

أَميلُ بِإِحدى مُقلَتَيَّ إِذا بَدَتْ

أَميلُ بِإِحدى مُقلَتَيَّ إِذا بَدَتْ

إِلَيها وَبالأُخرى أُراعي رَقيبَها

إِلَيها وَبالأُخرى أُراعي رَقيبَها

I turn one of my eyes, when she appears,

With a single eyelid I wink at her

Toward her, and with the other I watch her watcher.

When she appears, while with the other I mind her watcher.

وَقَد غَفَلَ الواشي وَلَم يَدرِ أَنَّني

وَقَد غَفَلَ الواشي وَلَم يَدرِ أَنَّني

أَخَذتُ لِعَيني مِن سُلَيمى نَصيبَها

أَخَذتُ لِعَيني مِن سُلَيمى نَصيبَها

And the tale-bearer was inattentive and did not know that I

That slanderer is oblivious. Little does he know

Had taken for my eye its share of Sulayma.

That I got from Sulayma her share for my eyes!