بأبي في الحبِّ معسولُ اللَّمى

بأبي في الحبِّ معسولُ اللَّمى

عنبريُّ النَّشرِ ريميُّ الحَدَقْ

عنبريُّ النَّشرِ ريميُّ الحَدَقْ

May my father ransom my love, with honey-sweet dusky lips,

By my father, in love sweet of union

Ambergris-scented, with the eyes of a white gazelle;

Ambergris of scent, pure of gaze

فاترُ الطرفِ غريرٌ فاتنٌ

فاترُ الطرفِ غريرٌ فاتنٌ

بارعُ الوصفِ منيرٌ كالفَلَقْ

بارعُ الوصفِ منيرٌ كالفَلَقْ

Languid of gaze, guileless and enchanting,

Sluggish of glance, a captivating charmer

Peerless in his qualities, radiant as daybreak.

Skillful of description, bright as dawn

يفضحُ البدرَ كمالاً إنْ بدا

يفضحُ البدرَ كمالاً إنْ بدا

والدُّمى العُفْرَ جَمالاً إنْ رَمَقْ

والدُّمى العُفْرَ جَمالاً إنْ رَمَقْ

He puts the full moon to shame in perfection when he appears,

He shames the full moon in perfection if unveiled

And pale statues in beauty when he casts a glance.

And the dark-eyed houries in beauty if beheld

أطلعتْ خجلتُهُ في خدِّهِ

أطلعتْ خجلتُهُ في خدِّهِ

شَفَقَاً في فَلَقٍ تحتَ غَسَقْ

شَفَقَاً في فَلَقٍ تحتَ غَسَقْ

His bashfulness has brought forth upon his cheek

I looked at him shyly on his cheek

A twilight glow within daybreak, beneath the darkness of night.

Blushing within a cleft beneath the dusk