إِذا نَظَرَتْ نَحْوَنا جَرَّدَتْ

إِذا نَظَرَتْ نَحْوَنا جَرَّدَتْ

سُيُوفَ الهَوى بِأَكُفِّ المَنْونِ

سُيُوفَ الهَوى بِأَكُفِّ المَنْونِ

When she looks toward us, she unsheathes

When she glances towards us, she unsheathes

the swords of passion with the hands of Death.

The swords of passion with the palms of coquetry,

وَتُظْهِرُ لِلْحُسْنِ إِنْ أَسْفَرَتْ

وَتُظْهِرُ لِلْحُسْنِ إِنْ أَسْفَرَتْ

هِلالَ المُنى في سَحابِ الظُّنُونِ

هِلالَ المُنى في سَحابِ الظُّنُونِ

And if she unveils her face, she reveals to beauty

And shows beauty, if she unveils,

the crescent of wishes amid the clouds of conjecture.

The crescent of desire in the clouds of suspicion,

كأَنَّ دُجى الشَّكِّ في سُخْطِها

كأَنَّ دُجى الشَّكِّ في سُخْطِها

وَضَوْءَ الرِّضَا فِي بَياضِ اليَقِينِ

وَضَوْءَ الرِّضَا فِي بَياضِ اليَقِينِ

As though the darkness of doubt lay in her displeasure,

As if the gloom of doubt in her displeasure

and the light of favor in the whiteness of certainty.

And the light of contentment in the whiteness of certainty,

وَإِنْ عَرَّسَ الوَجْدُ بي عَرَّسَتْ

وَإِنْ عَرَّسَ الوَجْدُ بي عَرَّسَتْ

رِكابُ الدُّمُوعِ بِرَبْعِ الجُفُونِ

رِكابُ الدُّمُوعِ بِرَبْعِ الجُفُونِ

And if longing camps with me for the night, so does

And if ecstasy weds me, it weds

the caravan of tears at the abode of the eyelids.

The stirrups of tears to the quarters of the eyelids.