وَحَقِّ جُفُونِكَ فَهْيَ الَّتي

وَحَقِّ جُفُونِكَ فَهْيَ الَّتي

إِذا ما حَلَفْتُ بِها أَصْدُقُ

إِذا ما حَلَفْتُ بِها أَصْدُقُ

By the sanctity of your eyelids—for they are the ones

By the truth of your eyelids, to which

by which, whenever I swear, I speak the truth—

If I swear, I am truthful

لَقَدْ فَتَحَ الشَّوْقُ لِي مِنْ هَوَا

لَقَدْ فَتَحَ الشَّوْقُ لِي مِنْ هَوَا

كَ بَاباً مِنَ الشَّوْقِ لا يُغْلَقُ

كَ بَاباً مِنَ الشَّوْقِ لا يُغْلَقُ

longing has indeed opened for me, out of love for

Desire for you has opened for me

you, a door of longing that is never shut.

A door of desire that cannot be shut

كأَنَّ دُمُوعي عَلَى وَجْنَتِي

كأَنَّ دُمُوعي عَلَى وَجْنَتِي

لُجَيْنٌ عَلَى ذَهَبٍ مُحْرَقُ

لُجَيْنٌ عَلَى ذَهَبٍ مُحْرَقُ

It is as though my tears upon my cheek

As though my tears upon my cheek

were silver upon fire-refined gold.

Were melted gold on burning gold