شدَّ زُنَّارَهُ عَلى هَيَفِ الخَصْ

شدَّ زُنَّارَهُ عَلى هَيَفِ الخَصْ

رِ وشَدَّ القلوبَ بِالزنَّارِ

رِ وشَدَّ القلوبَ بِالزنَّارِ

He tightened his girdle around his slender waist,

He tightened his belt around the saddlebags

and bound hearts with the girdle.

And captured hearts with his belt

وأَدارَ الأَصْداغَ فوقَ عِذارٍ

وأَدارَ الأَصْداغَ فوقَ عِذارٍ

أَنا في حُبِّهِ خليعُ العِذارِ

أَنا في حُبِّهِ خليعُ العِذارِ

And he curled his sidelocks above the down on his cheek;

And turned his cheeks above the excuse

I, in my love for him, have cast off the bridle.

I am shameless in my love for him

وَتَبَدَّى بِطُرَّةٍ تُخْجِلُ البَدْ

وَتَبَدَّى بِطُرَّةٍ تُخْجِلُ البَدْ

رَ ووجْهٍ يفوقُ شَمْسَ النَّهارِ

رَ ووجْهٍ يفوقُ شَمْسَ النَّهارِ

And he appeared with a forelock that shames the full moon,

And appeared with a innocence that shames the full moon

and a face surpassing the sun of day.

And a face that outshines the sun

فَتَأَمَّلْتُ وَجهَهُ فَتَنَزَّهَ

فَتَأَمَّلْتُ وَجهَهُ فَتَنَزَّهَ

تُ بِهِ في حَدائِقِ الأَزْهارِ

تُ بِهِ في حَدائِقِ الأَزْهارِ

So I gazed upon his face, and strolled

So I looked upon his face and was transported

within it, through gardens of flowers.

By it among the gardens of flowers

وَتَعجَّلْتُ جَنَّةَ الخُلْدِ لَمَّا

وَتَعجَّلْتُ جَنَّةَ الخُلْدِ لَمَّا

صَحَّ عَزْمي عَلى دُخُولِ النَّارِ

صَحَّ عَزْمي عَلى دُخُولِ النَّارِ

And I enjoyed the Garden of Eternity in advance, when

And I raced toward the eternal garden when

my resolve to enter the Fire grew firm.

My resolve to enter the fire grew firm