عِذارُكَ وَالقَوامُ أَقامَ عُذري

عِذارُكَ وَالقَوامُ أَقامَ عُذري

شغِفتُ بِهِ وَفيهِ هَتَكتُ ستري

شغِفتُ بِهِ وَفيهِ هَتَكتُ ستري

Your cheek-down and stature have vindicated my excuse.

Your blame and firmness established my excuse

I was smitten with it, and for its sake I tore away my veil.

I was passionate for it and through it I tore my veil

أَيا شَمسَ المَلاحَةِ كُن لصَبٍّ

أَيا شَمسَ المَلاحَةِ كُن لصَبٍّ

يُعايِنُ مِن لِحاظِكَ حَرب بَدرِ

يُعايِنُ مِن لِحاظِكَ حَرب بَدرِ

O sun of beauty, be there for a lovesick lover

O sun of beauty, be to a lover

Who witnesses the battle of Badr in your glances.

Who sees in your glances the battle of Badr

خُلِقتَ لِشَقوَتي حُلوَ التثنى

خُلِقتَ لِشَقوَتي حُلوَ التثنى

كَحيلَ المُقلَتَينِ رَقيقَ خَصرِ

كَحيلَ المُقلَتَينِ رَقيقَ خَصرِ

You were created for my misery, sweet in your swaying,

You were created for my misery, sweet of waist

Kohl-dark in both eyes, slender of waist.

Like kohl on the two eyelids, delicate of waist

تُؤَمِّلُ أَن أَعيشَ وَأَنتَ جافٍ

تُؤَمِّلُ أَن أَعيشَ وَأَنتَ جافٍ

وَكَيفَ يَعيشُ مَن يَبلى بِهَجرِ

وَكَيفَ يَعيشُ مَن يَبلى بِهَجرِ

You hope that I will live, though you are aloof;

You hope I live while you are aloof

And how can one live who wastes away from abandonment?

How can one live who is worn out by abandonment?

وَكُنتُ عَلى اِحتِمالِ الضَيمِ جَلداً

وَكُنتُ عَلى اِحتِمالِ الضَيمِ جَلداً

فَها أنا في الصَبابَةِ أُختُ صَخرِ

فَها أنا في الصَبابَةِ أُختُ صَخرِ

And I was steadfast in bearing injustice;

I used to be patient of wrong, hardy

So here I am in love's longing, the sister of Sakhr.

Yet here I am in youth a sister of rock