وبديع الحسْنِ أَلْمَى

وبديع الحسْنِ أَلْمَى

أَحور العَيْنَين أَحْومْ

أَحور العَيْنَين أَحْومْ

And one of wondrous beauty, with dusky lips,

With elegance and beauty he shone bright,

With black pupils and bright eye-whites, dark-hued.

The most beautiful, dark-eyed gazelle.

أنا أبكي من جفاهُ

أنا أبكي من جفاهُ

وهو مِنِّي يتبسَّمْ

وهو مِنِّي يتبسَّمْ

I weep at his coldness,

I cry from his disdain,

While he smiles at me.

While he just smiles at me.

كِدتُ أن أهلكَ فيه

كِدتُ أن أهلكَ فيه

غير أن الله سَلّمْ

غير أن الله سَلّمْ

I nearly perished for love of him,

I almost perished from it,

But God kept me safe.

If God had not kept me safe.