وتنالُ مِنْكَ بِحَدّ مُقْلَتِها

وتنالُ مِنْكَ بِحَدّ مُقْلَتِها

ما لا يَنالُ بِحَدِّهِ النَّصْلُ

ما لا يَنالُ بِحَدِّهِ النَّصْلُ

And with the edge of her eye she does you harm

She wounds you with her glances as no swords can wound;

That no blade can do with its edge.

Her beauty occupies all who have eyes to see;

شَغَلَتْكَ وهْيَ لِكُلِّ ذي بَصَرٍ

شَغَلَتْكَ وهْيَ لِكُلِّ ذي بَصَرٍ

لاقى مَحاسِنَ وَجْهِها شُغْلُ

لاقى مَحاسِنَ وَجْهِها شُغْلُ

She has engrossed you, and for everyone with sight

Her heart is wise, keeping her from those in love;

Who has beheld her face’s charms, she is a preoccupation.

Yet her eyes are ignorant, full of coquetry.

فَلِقَلْبِها حِلْمٌ يُباعِدُها

فَلِقَلْبِها حِلْمٌ يُباعِدُها

عن ذي الهَوى وَلِطَرْفِها جَهْلُ

عن ذي الهَوى وَلِطَرْفِها جَهْلُ

For her heart has self-restraint that keeps her away

When you look on her beauty every glance means death;

From the lover, while her gaze is reckless.

Her face is a moon, her eyes are kohl;

وإذا نَظَرْتَ إلى مَحاسِنها

وإذا نَظَرْتَ إلى مَحاسِنها

فَلِكُلِّ مَوْضِعِ نَظْرَةٍ قَتْلُ

فَلِكُلِّ مَوْضِعِ نَظْرَةٍ قَتْلُ

And when you look upon her charms,

For in her face is a moon, and in her eyes is kohl.

Then wherever your glance falls, there is death.

ولِوَجْهها مِنْ وَجْهِها قَمَرٌ

ولِوَجْهها مِنْ وَجْهِها قَمَرٌ

ولِعَيْنِها مِنْ عَيْنِها كُحْلُ

ولِعَيْنِها مِنْ عَيْنِها كُحْلُ

And her face’s moon comes from her face itself,

And her eye’s kohl comes from her eye itself.