تَأَلَّت عَلى قَتلي سُلَيمى وَوَلَّتِ

تَأَلَّت عَلى قَتلي سُلَيمى وَوَلَّتِ

وَقَد أَقطَعَت قَلبي الهُمومَ وَوَلَّتِ

وَقَد أَقطَعَت قَلبي الهُمومَ وَوَلَّتِ

Sulayma swore to kill me and turned away.

Sulaima rejoiced at my murder and fled away,

And she had granted my heart to sorrows and set them over it.

And worries have ripped my heart apart as they fled away.

تَجَنَّت وَمِن ذاكَ التَجَنّي جُنِنتُ في ال

تَجَنَّت وَمِن ذاكَ التَجَنّي جُنِنتُ في ال

هَوى لَيتَها لَمّا جَنَت ما تَجَنَّتِ

هَوى لَيتَها لَمّا جَنَت ما تَجَنَّتِ

She accused me falsely, and from that false accusation I went mad in

She went mad, and from that madness I became lovesick,

Love—would that, when she wronged me, she had not accused me falsely.

If only she hadn't gone mad when she went mad!

تَمَنَّت عَلى اللَهِ الجَمالَ بِأَسرِهِ

تَمَنَّت عَلى اللَهِ الجَمالَ بِأَسرِهِ

فَقَد بَلَغَت مِن رَبِّها ما تَمَنَّتِ

فَقَد بَلَغَت مِن رَبِّها ما تَمَنَّتِ

She asked God for beauty in its entirety;

She wished from God every beauty,

So she attained from her Lord what she had wished for.

And so she attained from her Lord what she wished.

تَراءَت لَنا كَالشَمسِ جادَت بِحاجِبٍ

تَراءَت لَنا كَالشَمسِ جادَت بِحاجِبٍ

وَبِالحاجِبِ المَحجوبِ بِالسِرِّ ضَنَّتِ

وَبِالحاجِبِ المَحجوبِ بِالسِرِّ ضَنَّتِ

She appeared to us like the sun, freely showing one brow,

She appeared to us like the sun, generously showing her eyelash,

But withheld the brow concealed in secret.

And by her veiled eyelash she winked enchantingly.

تَصَدُّ وَتبدي عَن أَسيلٍ وَتَتَّقي

تَصَدُّ وَتبدي عَن أَسيلٍ وَتَتَّقي

بِناظِرَتي وَسِنانَ مِن وَحشِ وَجرَةِ

بِناظِرَتي وَسِنانَ مِن وَحشِ وَجرَةِ

She turns away, reveals a smooth cheek, and shields herself

She is coy and reveals a slim wrist and is cautious

With the two eyes of a drowsy gazelle from Wajra's wild herds.

With her gaze and teeth like a wild pearl.

تُريكَ غَزالاً وَالغَزالَةُ وَجهُها

تُريكَ غَزالاً وَالغَزالَةُ وَجهُها

وَتَعطو بِجيدِ الشادِنِ المُتَلَفِّتِ

وَتَعطو بِجيدِ الشادِنِ المُتَلَفِّتِ

She shows you a gazelle, while her face is the sun,

She shows you a gazelle while the gazelle is her face

And reaches up with the neck of a young gazelle looking about.

And she captivates with the curving of her slender neck.

تُميتُ وَتُحيي بِالصُدودِ وَبِالرِضى

تُميتُ وَتُحيي بِالصُدودِ وَبِالرِضى

فَحَسبي رِضاها فَهوَ ناري وَجَنَّتي

فَحَسبي رِضاها فَهوَ ناري وَجَنَّتي

She kills and revives through rejection and favor;

She kills and brings to life with acceptance and rejection -

So her favor suffices me, for it is my fire and my paradise.

So her acceptance is my fire and paradise.

تَميسُ إِذا ما حَرَّكَتها صَبا الصِبى

تَميسُ إِذا ما حَرَّكَتها صَبا الصِبى

تَأَوُّدَ خوطُ البانِ في حِقفِ رَملَةِ

تَأَوُّدَ خوطُ البانِ في حِقفِ رَملَةِ

She sways when youth's east wind stirs her,

When the morning breeze stirs her, the waves of her dress

Like a bān shoot bending in a curved sand dune.

Move gently over the dunes.

تَقي اللَه في صَبٍّ صَبَبتِ دُموعَهُ

تَقي اللَه في صَبٍّ صَبَبتِ دُموعَهُ

وُجودي لَهُ في الخدِّ مِنكِ بِقُبلَةِ

وُجودي لَهُ في الخدِّ مِنكِ بِقُبلَةِ

Fear God regarding a lovesick man whose tears you made flow,

She fears God when she sheds her tears

And grant him a kiss from you upon the cheek.

And my devotion to her is a kiss on the cheek from you.

تَبَسَّمُ عَن نَورِ الأَقاحِ وَلُؤلُؤٍ

تَبَسَّمُ عَن نَورِ الأَقاحِ وَلُؤلُؤٍ

وَعَن حَبَبٍ تَجلوهُ حُمرَةُ خَمرَةِ

وَعَن حَبَبٍ تَجلوهُ حُمرَةُ خَمرَةِ

She smiles, revealing daisy blossoms and pearls,

She smiles with the light of brilliant pearls

And bubbles made bright by the redness of wine.

And lips reddened by the flush of wine.