فديت إنساناً على هجره

فديت إنساناً على هجره

ووصله تحسدني الناسُ

ووصله تحسدني الناسُ

I would give my life for a man, despite his estrangement;

I ransom a man for his estrangement,

and people envy me his affection.

And for his affection people envy me,

لما احتوى الورد على خده

لما احتوى الورد على خده

ودب في عارضه الآسُ

ودب في عارضه الآسُ

When the rose spread over his cheek,

When the rose embraced his cheek,

and myrtle crept along the side of his face,

And the myrtle crept into his temple.

مزجت كأسي من جنى ريقه

مزجت كأسي من جنى ريقه

بمثل ما دارت به الكأسُ

بمثل ما دارت به الكأسُ

I mixed my cup with the harvest of his saliva—

I mixed my cup from the wine of his saliva,

with the like of what the cup carried round.

Just as the cup went round with it.