أَسِيرُ لِحاظٍ كَيْفَ يَنْجُو مِنَ الأَسْرِ

أَسِيرُ لِحاظٍ كَيْفَ يَنْجُو مِنَ الأَسْرِ

وَعَاشِقِ ثَغْرٍ كَيْفَ يَصْحُو مِنَ السُّكْرِ

وَعَاشِقِ ثَغْرٍ كَيْفَ يَصْحُو مِنَ السُّكْرِ

How can a captive of glances escape captivity?

A captive of glances, how can he escape the captivity

And how can a lover of lips recover from intoxication?

And a lover of lips, how can he wake from intoxication

وَلَا سِيَّما صَبٌّ يَذُوبُ صَبابةً

وَلَا سِيَّما صَبٌّ يَذُوبُ صَبابةً

بما جلَّ عَنْ حَصْرٍ بِما دَقَّ مِنْ خَصْرِ

بما جلَّ عَنْ حَصْرٍ بِما دَقَّ مِنْ خَصْرِ

And especially a lovesick man who melts with longing,

Especially a youth melting with infatuation

For what surpasses all reckoning, for a waist so slender.

With a slender waist beyond restraint and measure

يُهدّده الوَاشي وَيَبْكِي صَبَابةً

يُهدّده الوَاشي وَيَبْكِي صَبَابةً

فَيَفْرِقُ من نَهْرٍ ويَغْرَقُ في نَهْرِ

فَيَفْرِقُ من نَهْرٍ ويَغْرَقُ في نَهْرِ

The talebearer threatens him, and he weeps with longing;

Threatened by the watcher, he weeps infatuated

So he fears a rebuke and drowns in a river.

Scattered between rivers, drowning in the flow

تَأَلَّقَ في أُفقِ الملاحَةِ كَوْكَباً

تَأَلَّقَ في أُفقِ الملاحَةِ كَوْكَباً

تَألُّقَ دُرّي وضاحِكٍ عَنْ دُرّ

تَألُّقَ دُرّي وضاحِكٍ عَنْ دُرّ

He shone as a star on beauty's horizon,

He shone like a star on the horizon of spirit

With a pearl-bright star's gleam and a smile revealing pearls.

My fate laughed and sparkled like pearls

فَفِي كُلِّ جَوٍّ مِنْهُ نَقْعٌ مِنَ الهَوَى

فَفِي كُلِّ جَوٍّ مِنْهُ نَقْعٌ مِنَ الهَوَى

وَفي كُلِّ قُطْرٍ مِنْه وَقْعٌ مِنَ القَطرِ

وَفي كُلِّ قُطْرٍ مِنْه وَقْعٌ مِنَ القَطرِ

So in every sky, the dust of passion rises from him,

In every atom of him, a speck of passion

And in every region, the patter of rain comes from him.

And in every drop, an impact of rain