بِعَيْنَيْكَ هَذِي الفَاتِراتِ الَّتي تَسْبِي

بِعَيْنَيْكَ هَذِي الفَاتِراتِ الَّتي تَسْبِي

يَهُونُ عَليَّ اليَوْمَ قَتْلِيَ يا حُبِّي

يَهُونُ عَليَّ اليَوْمَ قَتْلِيَ يا حُبِّي

By these languid eyes of yours that captivate,

With your eyes that are indifferent

Being slain today is easy for me, my love.

My death seems easy today, O my love

إِذَا ما رَأَتْ عَيْنِي جَمالَكَ مُقْبِلاً

إِذَا ما رَأَتْ عَيْنِي جَمالَكَ مُقْبِلاً

وَحَقِّكَ يا رُوحي سَكِرْتُ بِلاَ شُرْبِ

وَحَقِّكَ يا رُوحي سَكِرْتُ بِلاَ شُرْبِ

Whenever my eye sees your beauty approaching,

When my eyes see your beautiful face drawing near

And by your honor, my soul, I am drunk without drinking.

By your right, O my soul, I got drunk without drinking

وَإِنْ هَزَّ عِطْفَيْكَ الصِّبَا مُتمايِلاً

وَإِنْ هَزَّ عِطْفَيْكَ الصِّبَا مُتمايِلاً

أَضَاعَ الهَوى نُسْكِي وغُيِّبْتُ عَنْ لُبِّي

أَضَاعَ الهَوى نُسْكِي وغُيِّبْتُ عَنْ لُبِّي

And if youth sets your flanks swaying,

If the morning breeze shook your swaying sidelock

Passion ruins my piety, and I am bereft of reason.

Passion confused my devotion and I was absent from my mind

فَدعْنِي وَهَذا الخَدَّ أَعْصِرُ في فَمِي

فَدعْنِي وَهَذا الخَدَّ أَعْصِرُ في فَمِي

عَنَاقِيدَ صُدْغَيْهِ وَحَسْبِي بِهِ حَسْبِي

عَنَاقِيدَ صُدْغَيْهِ وَحَسْبِي بِهِ حَسْبِي

So leave me with this cheek, to press within my mouth

So let me and this cheek, I will squeeze

The grape-clusters of his temple-locks; that is enough for me, enough.

Bunches of his temple in my mouth, and that is enough for me

لَوَ أَنَّ تُجَارَ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الرَّطْبِ شَاهَدُوا

لَوَ أَنَّ تُجَارَ اللُّؤْلُؤِ الرَّطْبِ شَاهَدُوا

ثَنايَاكَ ما عَنّوُا على اللُّؤْلُؤِ الرَّطْبِ

ثَنايَاكَ ما عَنّوُا على اللُّؤْلُؤِ الرَّطْبِ

If the merchants of fresh pearls beheld

If the merchants of moist pearls saw

Your front teeth, they would not bother with fresh pearls.

Your curves, they would not care about moist pearls

أَيَا سَاقِيَ الكَأْسِ الَّذي زَادَ خَدُّهُ

أَيَا سَاقِيَ الكَأْسِ الَّذي زَادَ خَدُّهُ

عَليهَا احْمِراراً عدِّ بالكَأْسِ عَنْ صَحْبِي

عَليهَا احْمِراراً عدِّ بالكَأْسِ عَنْ صَحْبِي

O bearer of the cup, whose cheek outdoes

O cupbearer whose cheek exceeds

It in redness, bypass my companions with the cup.

Its redness, stop giving company the cup

وَمَا ذَاكَ بُخْلاً بِالمُدامِ وَإِنَّما

وَمَا ذَاكَ بُخْلاً بِالمُدامِ وَإِنَّما

إِذا لُحْتَ لم آمنْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّلْبِ

إِذا لُحْتَ لم آمنْ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّلْبِ

This is not from stinginess with wine, but only because

That's not stinginess with drinks but

When you appear, I fear that they will be robbed.

When you smile, I cannot guarantee them from robbery

وَباللَّه قُلْ لِي أَيُّها الظبي كَيفَ قد

وَباللَّه قُلْ لِي أَيُّها الظبي كَيفَ قد

تَعَلّمت صيد الأُسْد في شَرَكِ الهُدْبِ

تَعَلّمت صيد الأُسْد في شَرَكِ الهُدْبِ

And by God, tell me, gazelle, how have you

By Allah, tell me O gazelle how you

Learned to hunt lions in the snare of your lashes?

Learned to hunt lions in the traps of love

وماذا الَّذِي قَدْ بِعْتَ فاسْتَرهَنَت بِه

وماذا الَّذِي قَدْ بِعْتَ فاسْتَرهَنَت بِه

لَدَيْكَ الرُّبى رَهْناً كَثِيباً مِنَ الكُثبِ

لَدَيْكَ الرُّبى رَهْناً كَثِيباً مِنَ الكُثبِ

And what have you sold, for which you took as pledge

What is that you sold and mortgaged with it

From the hills, to keep with you, a dune among dunes?

Necklaces as thick pledges

فَخُذْ قِصَّةَ الشَّكْوَى مِنَ الأَعْيُنِ الَّتي

فَخُذْ قِصَّةَ الشَّكْوَى مِنَ الأَعْيُنِ الَّتي

نَفَيْتَ لَذِيذَ النَّوْمِ عَنْهَا بِلا ذنبِ

نَفَيْتَ لَذِيذَ النَّوْمِ عَنْهَا بِلا ذنبِ

So take the tale of complaint from the eyes from which

So take the story of complaint from the eyes

You banished sweet sleep, though they had done no wrong.

You denied the sweetness of sleep without guilt

وَلاَ تَعْتَبنْ صَبّاً تَهتَّكَ سِتْرُهُ

وَلاَ تَعْتَبنْ صَبّاً تَهتَّكَ سِتْرُهُ

عَلَيْكَ فَهَتْكُ السّتْرِ أليق بالصبِّ

عَلَيْكَ فَهَتْكُ السّتْرِ أليق بالصبِّ

And do not reproach a lovesick man whose veil is torn

Do not blame morning radiance that unveiled you

For love of you; rending the veil better befits the lovesick.

Unveiling the veil is more fitting for the radiant morning