أَضْرِمْ لِمَنْ رَامَ وَصْلاً مِنْكَ أَو خَطَبا

أَضْرِمْ لِمَنْ رَامَ وَصْلاً مِنْكَ أَو خَطَبا

ناراً جَعلْتَ لَها أَحْشَاءَهُ حَطَبَا

ناراً جَعلْتَ لَها أَحْشَاءَهُ حَطَبَا

Kindle, for whoever seeks union with you or woos you,

Kindle a fire for one who sought your love or asked for you

a fire for which you have made his entrails firewood.

You made his heart the fuel and tinder for that fire

وَأْمُرْ غُصُونَ النَّقا أَنْ تَنْثني خَجَلاً

وَأْمُرْ غُصُونَ النَّقا أَنْ تَنْثني خَجَلاً

وَقُل لِشَمْسِ الضُّحَى أَنْ تَبْتَغي حُجُبَا

وَقُل لِشَمْسِ الضُّحَى أَنْ تَبْتَغي حُجُبَا

And command the dune's branches to bend in shame,

Bid the boughs of slender willows bow down shyly

and tell the midmorning sun to seek veils.

And tell the radiant dawn to seek out veils

وَاطْلُبْ مِنَ الحُسْنِ شُكْراناً فَوجْهُكَ قَدْ

وَاطْلُبْ مِنَ الحُسْنِ شُكْراناً فَوجْهُكَ قَدْ

أَعْطاهُ مِنْ بَعْضِهِ كُلَّ الَّذي طَلَبَا

أَعْطاهُ مِنْ بَعْضِهِ كُلَّ الَّذي طَلَبَا

And ask beauty for gratitude, for your face has indeed

Ask your beauty to thank you, for your face

given it, from part of itself, all that it sought.

Gave it some of the all it desired