ظبيٌ به الوردُ تاهَ والآسُ

ظبيٌ به الوردُ تاهَ والآسُ

يسكرُ من كاسِ طَرْفِهِ الكاس

يسكرُ من كاسِ طَرْفِهِ الكاس

A gazelle in whom the rose and myrtle take pride;

The gazelle by the rose is drunk and languid

The cup grows drunk on the cup of his gaze.

It is intoxicated by the cup of its eyelash

يُنْسِيكَ أجناسَ زهرِ كلِّ رُبىً

يُنْسِيكَ أجناسَ زهرِ كلِّ رُبىً

زهرٌ بخدَّيهِ منه أجناسُ

زهرٌ بخدَّيهِ منه أجناسُ

You are made to forget the varieties of flowers on every hill

It makes you forget the race of every blossom

By the blossoms on his cheeks, of which there are many kinds.

A blossom whose cheeks are of its race

تَهَتُّكُ الناس في أحسنُ ما

تَهَتُّكُ الناس في أحسنُ ما

رأيتُ لمَّا تهتَّكَ الناس

رأيتُ لمَّا تهتَّكَ الناس

The people's shamelessness is among the finest things

You enchant people in the most beautiful

I have seen, when people cast off restraint.

I have seen when you enchant people

يا سيّدي لو رددتَ من نَفَسي

يا سيّدي لو رددتَ من نَفَسي

فليس لي مذ هَجَرتَ أنفاس

فليس لي مذ هَجَرتَ أنفاس

O my master, if only you would restore some of my breath—

O my master if you would but return my soul

For I have had no breath since you forsook me.

I have had no breath since you abandoned me