لَمْ أَنْسَ إذْ وَدَّعَتْني وَهْيَ بَاكِيةٌ

لَمْ أَنْسَ إذْ وَدَّعَتْني وَهْيَ بَاكِيةٌ

وبِالحَشَا ما بِخَدَّيْها مِن اللَّهَبِ

وبِالحَشَا ما بِخَدَّيْها مِن اللَّهَبِ

I have not forgotten when she bade me farewell, weeping,

I shall not forget when she bade me farewell weeping,

with the same flame in my heart as on her cheeks.

With cheeks untouched by flame in the darkness.

فَأَرسَلَتْ لُؤْلُؤاً رَطْباً تُكفكِفُهُ

فَأَرسَلَتْ لُؤْلُؤاً رَطْباً تُكفكِفُهُ

مِن فَوقِ مُخْتضِبٍ قَانٍ لِمُخْتَضِبِ

مِن فَوقِ مُخْتضِبٍ قَانٍ لِمُخْتَضِبِ

Then she shed moist pearls, wiping them away,

She sent forth a moist pearl that she softly moved

from a crimson-tinted cheek to a henna-stained hand.

From above a dyed camlet worn by one who dyes.

وَبَشَّرَتني بِلُقْيا الطَّيْفِ قُلتُ ومَنْ

وَبَشَّرَتني بِلُقْيا الطَّيْفِ قُلتُ ومَنْ

يَنامُ قَالتْ لَقَدْ أَجمَلْت في الَّطلَبِ

يَنامُ قَالتْ لَقَدْ أَجمَلْت في الَّطلَبِ

She promised me a meeting with her dream-phantom; I said, “And who

She brought me news of meeting her phantom. I said "And who

can sleep?” She said, “You have been modest in your request.

Can sleep?" She said "You have adorned desire with this."

إنْ كُنتِ سالِبةً عَيَنَيْكِ نَومَهما

إنْ كُنتِ سالِبةً عَيَنَيْكِ نَومَهما

فَقَدْ أَمُنُّ على المسْلوبِ بالسَّلَبِ

فَقَدْ أَمُنُّ على المسْلوبِ بالسَّلَبِ

If you are robbing your eyes of their sleep,

If you are robbing her eyes of their sleep,

then I may bestow upon the robbed what was stolen.”

Then I shall protect the robbed from the robber.