من بسنا وجهه دهانا

من بسنا وجهه دهانا

كل عزيز لديه هانا

كل عزيز لديه هانا

He who overwhelmed us with his face's radiance—

With a face whose beauty beamed like a lamp

every mighty one was humbled before him.

Every dear one to him became endeared

غصن نقا فرعه ظلام

غصن نقا فرعه ظلام

يحمل أعلاه زبرقانا

يحمل أعلاه زبرقانا

A bough upon a sandhill, its crown is darkness;

A fresh branch whose foliage was darkness

its summit bears a full moon.

Bore atop it a shimmering green

لم أر من قبل غزالاً

لم أر من قبل غزالاً

بسحر ألحاظه غزانا

بسحر ألحاظه غزانا

Never before had I seen a gazelle

Never have I seen a gazelle

who assailed us with the magic of his glances,

With glances of magic so alluring

مبتسما عن جمام ثغر

مبتسما عن جمام ثغر

أراك ياقوته جمانا

أراك ياقوته جمانا

smiling to reveal the fullness of a mouth

Smiling from behind veils of bashfulness

whose ruby showed you pearls.

I see you, my precious, generously displayed

كأنما قده قناة

كأنما قده قناة

تقل من لحظه سنانا

تقل من لحظه سنانا

His figure is like a spear-shaft,

As if his stature were a canal

bearing a spearhead made of his glance.

Flowing at every glance with pleasure

أجاب عن ذلتي اعتذارا

أجاب عن ذلتي اعتذارا

حيث رآني به مهانا

حيث رآني به مهانا

He replied about my abasement, offering an excuse,

He apologized for my accusations

when he saw me humiliated because of him:

When he saw them humiliating me

ما ازداد حباً لنا محب

ما ازداد حباً لنا محب

إلا أراه الهوى هوانا

إلا أراه الهوى هوانا

No lover's love for us ever increased

No lover increased in love for us

without passion showing him humiliation.

Unless passion made him downcast