لها من الرَّشإِ الوَسْنان عَيْناهُ

لها من الرَّشإِ الوَسْنان عَيْناهُ

وبي من الوَجْد أَقْصاه وأَدْناهُ

وبي من الوَجْد أَقْصاه وأَدْناهُ

She has the eyes of a drowsy young gazelle,

Her eyes have the intoxication of wine

And I bear longing in its greatest and least degrees.

And I have the intensity of passion, in part and in whole

بِنفسيَ القمر المحجوب طلعتُهُ

بِنفسيَ القمر المحجوب طلعتُهُ

عنّي وإِن كان يَهواني وأَهواه

عنّي وإِن كان يَهواني وأَهواه

I would give my life for the moon whose face is veiled

I revealed the moon's face that was veiled from me

From me, though he loves me and I love him.

Even though it makes me insane and I make it insane

إِذا عزمتُ على السُّلوان خادعني

إِذا عزمتُ على السُّلوان خادعني

بثغره فثنتْ عنّي ثناياه

بثغره فثنتْ عنّي ثناياه

Whenever I resolve to forget, he beguiles me

When I intended to complain, it deceived me

With his mouth, so his front teeth drive forgetfulness from me.

With its mouth, so I bent its branches away from me

وَليّ هواهُ على قلبي فَعذّبه

وَليّ هواهُ على قلبي فَعذّبه

وحكَّم الحبَّ في جسمي فأَضناه

وحكَّم الحبَّ في جسمي فأَضناه

He set his love over my heart, and it tormented it,

And it imposed its love on my heart, so it tortured it

And gave love dominion over my body, so it wasted it away.

And love took hold in my body, so it emaciated me