قُل لِلتي نُظِمَ الفَريدُ بِجيدِها

قُل لِلتي نُظِمَ الفَريدُ بِجيدِها

مِن فَيضِ دَمعي مِنكِ فَوقَ تَراقِ

مِن فَيضِ دَمعي مِنكِ فَوقَ تَراقِ

Say to her whose neck was strung with pearls,

Say to her for whom the unique was composed with her neck,

From the flood of my tears for you, above the collarbones:

From the overflow of my tears upon you from above the profusion.

هانَت دُموعُ العَينِ أَن نُقِلَت إلى

هانَت دُموعُ العَينِ أَن نُقِلَت إلى

تِلكَ السَواكِبُ مِن غُروبِ مَآقِ

تِلكَ السَواكِبُ مِن غُروبِ مَآقِ

The eye’s tears were cheapened when they were transferred to

The tears of the eyes became base when they were carried over

Those cascading pearls from the tear-streams of the eyes’ corners.

To those planets from the setting place of affliction.

أَتَرى مُخَصّرَها أُعيرَ سِوارَها

أَتَرى مُخَصّرَها أُعيرَ سِوارَها

والجيدَ لؤلؤَ ثَغرِها البرّاقِ

والجيدَ لؤلؤَ ثَغرِها البرّاقِ

Do you think her slender waist was lent her bracelet,

Do you see her with necklace shortened, borrowed its bracelets,

And her neck the pearls of her gleaming mouth?

And the neck a shining pearl of its eloquent mouth?

فتطوَّقتْ مِنْ ثغرها بقلادةٍ

فتطوَّقتْ مِنْ ثغرها بقلادةٍ

وتوشَّحَتْ مِنْ حَلْيِها بِنطاقِ

وتوشَّحَتْ مِنْ حَلْيِها بِنطاقِ

So she wore a necklace fashioned from her mouth,

So she adorned from her mouth with a necklace,

And girded herself with a belt of her jewelry.

And wrapped around from her jewelry with a sash.