بنفسي مَن مَراشِفُهُ مُدامُ

بنفسي مَن مَراشِفُهُ مُدامُ

ومَن لحظاتُ مُقْلتهِ سهامُ

ومَن لحظاتُ مُقْلتهِ سهامُ

I would give my life for him whose lips are wine,

With myself, whose pillow is wine

And for him whose eye’s glances are arrows,

And whose glances are arrows

ومَن هوَ إنْ بدا والبدْرُ تِمٌّ

ومَن هوَ إنْ بدا والبدْرُ تِمٌّ

خَفِي مِنْ حُسنِهِ البدرُ التَّمامُ

خَفِي مِنْ حُسنِهِ البدرُ التَّمامُ

And for him who, if he appears while the moon is full,

And if the full moon appears

Makes the full moon fade before his beauty.

The full moon is hidden by his beauty

أقولُ له وقد أبدى صُدوداً

أقولُ له وقد أبدى صُدوداً

فلا لفظٌ إليَّ ولا ابتسامُ

فلا لفظٌ إليَّ ولا ابتسامُ

I say to him, when he has shown coldness,

I say to him as he shows aloofness

With neither a word to me nor a smile:

No word comes to me nor a smile

تكلَّمْ ليسَ يوجعُكَ الكلامُ

تكلَّمْ ليسَ يوجعُكَ الكلامُ

ولا يمحو محاسِنَكَ السَّلامُ

ولا يمحو محاسِنَكَ السَّلامُ

Speak—speech does not hurt you,

Speak, speech will not hurt you

Nor does a greeting erase your charms.

Nor will greetings erase your beauty