أَعزَّ اللَّهُ أَنْصارَ العُيونِ

أَعزَّ اللَّهُ أَنْصارَ العُيونِ

وَخَلَّدَ مُلْكَ هَاتِيكَ الجُفُونِ

وَخَلَّدَ مُلْكَ هَاتِيكَ الجُفُونِ

May God exalt the champions of the eyes,

God has honored the helpers of the eyes

and make the reign of those eyelids everlasting,

And made eternal the rule of those eyelids

وَضاعَفَ بالفُتُورِ لَهَا اقْتِداراً

وَضاعَفَ بالفُتُورِ لَهَا اقْتِداراً

وَجَدَّد نِعْمَةَ الحُسْنِ المَصُونِ

وَجَدَّد نِعْمَةَ الحُسْنِ المَصُونِ

and double their power through languor,

And with languor doubled their power

and renew the blessing of beauty kept inviolate,

And renewed the blessing of protected beauty

وَأَبْقى دَوْلَة الأَعْطَافِ فِينَا

وَأَبْقى دَوْلَة الأَعْطَافِ فِينَا

وَإِنْ جَارَتْ على قَلْبِي الطَّعِينِ

وَإِنْ جَارَتْ على قَلْبِي الطَّعِينِ

and preserve the sway of those curves among us,

And perpetuated the state of tenderness in us

even if they tyrannize over my pierced heart;

Even if rancor flows in my heart

وَأَسْبغَ ظِلَّ ذَاكَ الشَّعْرِ مِنْهُ

وَأَسْبغَ ظِلَّ ذَاكَ الشَّعْرِ مِنْهُ

عَلَى قَدٍّ بِهِ هَيَفُ الغُصُونِ

عَلَى قَدٍّ بِهِ هَيَفُ الغُصُونِ

and spread the shade of that hair of his

And poured the shade of that hair from it

over a figure with the slenderness of boughs;

Upon a nape adorned by bending branches

وَصانَ حِجابَ هَاتِيكَ الثَّنَايا

وَصانَ حِجابَ هَاتِيكَ الثَّنَايا

وَإِنْ ثَنَتِ الفُؤَادَ إِلَى الشُّجونِ

وَإِنْ ثَنَتِ الفُؤَادَ إِلَى الشُّجونِ

and safeguard the veil of those front teeth,

And protected the veil of those cheeks

even if they turn the heart toward sorrows.

Even if yearning bowed the heart

فَكَمْ في الحُبّ مِنْ تِلْكَ المعاني

فَكَمْ في الحُبّ مِنْ تِلْكَ المعاني

وَإِنْ جَعلتْ دُمُوعي كالمَعينِ

وَإِنْ جَعلتْ دُمُوعي كالمَعينِ

For how many such meanings there are in love,

So much in love are those meanings

even if they make my tears like flowing water.

Even if my tears became like springs

حَملتُ تَسهُّدي وَالشّيْبُ هَذا

حَملتُ تَسهُّدي وَالشّيْبُ هَذا

عَلى رَأْسي وَذَاكَ على عُيُوني

عَلى رَأْسي وَذَاكَ على عُيُوني

I have borne my sleeplessness and gray hair—this

I carried my sleeplessness and this gray hair

upon my head, and that upon my eyes.

On my head and that upon my eyes