وَساحِرِ الطَرفِ شَهِيُّ اللَمى

وَساحِرِ الطَرفِ شَهِيُّ اللَمى

حلو التَثَنّي كامِلِ الحُسنِ

حلو التَثَنّي كامِلِ الحُسنِ

And one with a bewitching gaze and sweet, dusky lips,

The charmer of glances, beautiful and bright,

sweet in his swaying, perfect in beauty,

Sweetly curved, perfect in grace and might,

يَمشي وترُبٌ مَعهُ مِثلُهُ

يَمشي وترُبٌ مَعهُ مِثلُهُ

في الشَكلِ وَالهَيئَةِ وَالسِنِ

في الشَكلِ وَالهَيئَةِ وَالسِنِ

walks, and beside him is a peer like him

He walked as a like one walked with him,

in appearance, bearing, and age.

In form and mien and years the same.

قُلتُ لَهُ ما اِسمُكَ قُل لي فَقَد

قُلتُ لَهُ ما اِسمُكَ قُل لي فَقَد

فَتَنتَني قالَ اِنصَرِف عَنّي

فَتَنتَني قالَ اِنصَرِف عَنّي

I said to him, 'What is your name? Tell me, for

I said “Tell me your name”, for you have cast

you have bewitched me.' He said, 'Go away from me.

Your spell on me. He said “Turn away”.

تَبغي سِوى اِسمي وَتُوَرّي بِهِ

تَبغي سِوى اِسمي وَتُوَرّي بِهِ

فاتَكَ ما تَطلُبُهُ مِنّي

فاتَكَ ما تَطلُبُهُ مِنّي

You seek something other than my name, using it as a cover;

You seek but my name, and hide with it,

what you seek from me has eluded you.

What you desire of me, now astray.

أَخفَيتُهُ عَنكَ وَلكِنَّهُ

أَخفَيتُهُ عَنكَ وَلكِنَّهُ

يَبدو بِما غَرَّكَ مِن جَفني

يَبدو بِما غَرَّكَ مِن جَفني

I hid it from you, and yet it

I hid it from you, but it appears

is revealed in what beguiled you in my eyelid.'

In what enticed you of my eyes’ shine.

قُلتُ فَهذا ما اسمُهُ قالَ لي

قُلتُ فَهذا ما اسمُهُ قالَ لي

بَعضُ الَّذي قَد قُلتَهُ يُغني

بَعضُ الَّذي قَد قُلتَهُ يُغني

I said, 'Then this one—what is his name?' He said to me,

I said “This then’s his name”. He said to me

'Some of what you have already said suffices.'

“Part of what you have said will suffice.”