يقولون لي ما بالُ عَينك مُذ رَأَت

يقولون لي ما بالُ عَينك مُذ رَأَت

محاسنَ هذا الظَّبي أدمُعُها هُطلُ

محاسنَ هذا الظَّبي أدمُعُها هُطلُ

They say to me, “Why, since your eye beheld

They ask me, "Why do your eyes shed tears

the charms of this gazelle, do its tears pour down?”

Since seeing the beauty of this gazelle?"

فقلتُ زنت عيني بطلعة وجههِ

فقلتُ زنت عيني بطلعة وجههِ

فكان لها من صَوب أدمعِها غُسلُ

فكان لها من صَوب أدمعِها غُسلُ

So I said, “My eye committed adultery at the sight of his face,

I said, "My eyes have sinned from his face's radiance,

so the downpour of its tears became its ritual bath.”

So their tears have become their purification."