فَرَّقَ بَيْني وَبَيْنَ مُصْطَبَرِي

فَرَّقَ بَيْني وَبَيْنَ مُصْطَبَرِي

بِالجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الجُفُونِ والسَّهرِ

بِالجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الجُفُونِ والسَّهرِ

He parted me from my patience,

He separated me from my companion

by joining my eyelids to sleeplessness—

By joining eyelids with wakefulness

أَسْمَرَ قَدْ باتَ في مَحَبَّتِهِ

أَسْمَرَ قَدْ باتَ في مَحَبَّتِهِ

وَجْدي سَميري وذِكْرهُ سَمَرِي

وَجْدي سَميري وذِكْرهُ سَمَرِي

a dusky beloved; love for him has made

My dark-skinned love has immersed in his love

my longing my nightly companion, and remembrance of him my nightly talk.

My passion is my entertainment, his mention my conversation

أَقلُّ ما في جَمالِ طَلْعَتِهِ

أَقلُّ ما في جَمالِ طَلْعَتِهِ

أَجَلُّ ما في مَحاسِنِ القَمَرِ

أَجَلُّ ما في مَحاسِنِ القَمَرِ

The least of the beauty in his countenance

The least of the beauty of his face

is the greatest of the moon's charms.

Is the best of the moon's perfections

مَنْطِقُهُ في الهَوَى وَناظِرُهُ

مَنْطِقُهُ في الهَوَى وَناظِرُهُ

أَرَّقَني بِالحِوَارِ والحَوَرِ

أَرَّقَني بِالحِوَارِ والحَوَرِ

His words of love and his gaze

His speech in love and his gaze

have kept me awake with conversation and dark-eyed beauty.

Have kept me awake with dialogue and discourse

كَمْ قُلْتُ لِلْقَلْبِ عَنْهُ حِينَ رَنا

كَمْ قُلْتُ لِلْقَلْبِ عَنْهُ حِينَ رَنا

إِيَّاكَ مِنْ كَاسِرٍ بِمُنْكَسِرِ

إِيَّاكَ مِنْ كَاسِرٍ بِمُنْكَسِرِ

How often, when he gazed, I warned my heart about him:

How often have I told my heart about him when it rang out

Beware a heartbreaker with a languid gaze!

Beware of one broken by the broken