ذاتُ دلٍّ وِشاحُها قلقُ

ذاتُ دلٍّ وِشاحُها قلقُ

مِن ضُمورٍ وحِجْلُها شَرِقُ

مِن ضُمورٍ وحِجْلُها شَرِقُ

A woman of coy charm, her sash shifts restlessly,

A heart of anxiety, its cheerfulness disturbed

from slenderness, while her anklet is choked tight.

By withering, while its vigor has risen

بَزَّتِ الشَّمسُ نورَها وحَباها

بَزَّتِ الشَّمسُ نورَها وحَباها

لحظَ عينيهِ شادِنٌ خَرِقُ

لحظَ عينيهِ شادِنٌ خَرِقُ

The sun stole her radiance; she was granted

The sun adorned it with light and granted it

the glance of his eyes by a timid young gazelle.

A moment for eyes of a lover bursting

ذَهبٌ خَدُّها يذوبُ حَياءً

ذَهبٌ خَدُّها يذوبُ حَياءً

وسِوى ذاكَ كلُّه ورِقُ

وسِوى ذاكَ كلُّه ورِقُ

Her cheek is gold, melting from shyness,

Her cheek is gold melting in shyness

and all the rest of her is silver.

And besides that, all is but paper

إن أَمُتْ مِيتةَ المُحبِّينَ وجْداً

إن أَمُتْ مِيتةَ المُحبِّينَ وجْداً

وفؤادي منَ الهوى حَرِقُ

وفؤادي منَ الهوى حَرِقُ

If I die the death of lovers from longing,

If the passionate's beloved dies of love

while my heart is ablaze with love,

My heart is burnt by passion

فالمنايا من بينَ غادٍ وسارٍ

فالمنايا من بينَ غادٍ وسارٍ

كُلُّ حيٍّ برهْنِها غَلِقُ

كُلُّ حيٍّ برهْنِها غَلِقُ

then, among dawn travelers and night travelers, death

So death comes amidst one leaving and travelling

holds every living being as its forfeited pledge.

Every living, by its pledge, is fettered