بِنَفسي ما يَشكوهُ مَن راحُ طَرفِهِ

بِنَفسي ما يَشكوهُ مَن راحُ طَرفِهِ

وَنَرجِسُهُ مِمّا دَها حُسنَهُ وَردُ

وَنَرجِسُهُ مِمّا دَها حُسنَهُ وَردُ

I would ransom with my soul what ails him whose gaze's wine

With my soul, he complains of the one whose glance went astray,

And narcissus are roses from what has afflicted his beauty.

And his narcissism from what his beauty and flowers brought.

أَراقَت دَمي ظُلماً مَحاسِنُ وَجهِهِ

أَراقَت دَمي ظُلماً مَحاسِنُ وَجهِهِ

فَأَضحى وَفي عَينَيهِ آثارُهُ تَبدو

فَأَضحى وَفي عَينَيهِ آثارُهُ تَبدو

The charms of his face unjustly shed my blood,

My blood was shed unjustly by the beauty of his face,

So now its traces appear in his eyes.

So traces of it began to appear in his eyes.

غَدَت عَينُهُ كَالخَدِّ حَتّى كَأَنَّما

غَدَت عَينُهُ كَالخَدِّ حَتّى كَأَنَّما

سَقى عَينَهُ مِن ماءِ تَوريده الخَدُّ

سَقى عَينَهُ مِن ماءِ تَوريده الخَدُّ

His eye became like his cheek, until it seemed as though

His eyes became like cheeks, as though

His cheek had watered his eye with the water of its rosy tint.

His eyes were watered by his cheeks.

لَئِن أَصبَحَت رَمداءَ مُقلَةُ مالِكي

لَئِن أَصبَحَت رَمداءَ مُقلَةُ مالِكي

لَقَد طالَما اِستَشفَت بِها مُقَلٌ رُمدُ

لَقَد طالَما اِستَشفَت بِها مُقَلٌ رُمدُ

Even if my master's eye has become inflamed,

If the eyes of my possessor have become bleary,

Indeed, inflamed eyes have often sought healing through it.

Many a bleary eye has certainly been healed by them.