قُلْ يا غَزال مَنْ خَطَّ واوَيْنِ

قُلْ يا غَزال مَنْ خَطَّ واوَيْنِ

فُوَيْقَ خدَّين بِلا مثالْ

فُوَيْقَ خدَّين بِلا مثالْ

Say, gazelle, who traced two wāw letters

Say, O gazelle, who designed the two crescent moons

just above two cheeks, beyond compare?

Above cheeks without equal

قد جَلَّ مَنْ أبدعْ

قد جَلَّ مَنْ أبدعْ

مِنْ دُونِ ما نِدِّ

مِنْ دُونِ ما نِدِّ

Exalted indeed is He who fashioned,

He who created excelled

without any rival,

Beyond any praise

جَمالَكَ الأبْدَعْ

جَمالَكَ الأبْدَعْ

في حُسْنِهِ الفردِ

في حُسْنِهِ الفردِ

your most wondrous beauty,

Your unparalleled beauty

peerless in its loveliness;

In its unmatched elegance

والبَدْرَ قد أطْلَعْ

والبَدْرَ قد أطْلَعْ

من ذلكَ القَدِّ

من ذلكَ القَدِّ

and made the full moon rise

And the full moon has risen

from that stature,

From that slender waist

على اعِتدالْ يهفُو بِبُرْدَيْنِ

على اعِتدالْ يهفُو بِبُرْدَيْنِ

كالغُصُنِ اللَّيْنِ طَوْعَ الشَّمالْ

كالغُصُنِ اللَّيْنِ طَوْعَ الشَّمالْ

perfectly proportioned, swaying in two cloaks,

Poised evenly, swaying with two cool cheeks

like a supple branch yielding to the north wind.

Like a gentle branch bending in the breeze

من لي بهِ يَثْني

من لي بهِ يَثْني

فُؤادَ ذي اللُّبِّ

فُؤادَ ذي اللُّبِّ

Who will bring me him who sways

Who can sway for me

the heart of one endowed with reason,

The heart of the beloved

مُسْتَعْبَدَ الحُسْنِ

مُسْتَعْبَدَ الحُسْنِ

مُتَيَّمَ الحُبِّ

مُتَيَّمَ الحُبِّ

enslaved by beauty,

Enslaved by beauty

enthralled by love?

Infatuated with love

يا سائِلي عنَّي

يا سائِلي عنَّي

ها حالتِي تُنْبي

ها حالتِي تُنْبي

O you who ask about me,

Oh you who ask about me

behold, my condition speaks.

My state reveals

وكيفَ حالْ مَنْ ظَلَّ للبَيْنِ

وكيفَ حالْ مَنْ ظَلَّ للبَيْنِ

يَرْعَى السِّماكَيْنِ طُولَ اللَّيالْ

يَرْعَى السِّماكَيْنِ طُولَ اللَّيالْ

And how fares one who, because of parting, keeps

And how fares one who remained separated

watching the two Simāk stars throughout the nights?

Shepherding the two eyelids through the long nights

سُبْحانَ باريهِ

سُبْحانَ باريهِ

بِدْعاً بلا مِثْلِ

بِدْعاً بلا مِثْلِ

Glory to Him who fashioned him,

Glory to its Creator

a marvel without equal,

With a supplication beyond compare

كالظَّبيِ في التِّيهِ

كالظَّبيِ في التِّيهِ

والغُصنِ في الشَّكلِ

والغُصنِ في الشَّكلِ

like a gazelle in proud bearing,

Like a deer astray

and a branch in form.

And a branch in appearance

يا عاذِلي فِيْهِ

يا عاذِلي فِيْهِ

أسْرَفْتَ في العَذْلِ

أسْرَفْتَ في العَذْلِ

O you who reproach me for him,

Oh you who blame him

you have gone too far in reproach.

You have exceeded in blame

دَعِ الجدالْ ما قادَ لي حَيْنِي

دَعِ الجدالْ ما قادَ لي حَيْنِي

خِلافُ عَيْنينِ تَرمي نِبالْ

خِلافُ عَيْنينِ تَرمي نِبالْ

Leave off arguing: nothing brought me my doom

Let go of contention, for when my eyes met

but two eyes that shoot arrows.

The dispute of two gazes hurling arrows

قَدْ ذُبْتُ بالأشواقْ

قَدْ ذُبْتُ بالأشواقْ

ومِتُّ بالحُبِّ

ومِتُّ بالحُبِّ

I have melted with longing,

I melted in passions

and died of love.

And died in love

الوجْدُ في إحْراقْ

الوجْدُ في إحْراقْ

والدَّمْعُ في سَكْبِ

والدَّمْعُ في سَكْبِ

Passionate longing burns on,

The ecstasy in torment

and tears pour down.

And tears pouring forth

يا قومُ هَلْ مِنْ راقْ

يا قومُ هَلْ مِنْ راقْ

يَرْقي جَوى قَلْبي

يَرْقي جَوى قَلْبي

O people, is there a healer

Oh people, is there a healer

to charm away my heart's burning anguish?

To mend my heart's wound

ماليْ احْتيالْ في لَحْظِ جَفْنينِ

ماليْ احْتيالْ في لَحْظِ جَفْنينِ

يَرْمي بِسَهْمَيْنِ ولا يُبالْ

يَرْمي بِسَهْمَيْنِ ولا يُبالْ

I have no defense against the glance of two eyelids,

I have no tricks under the gaze of two eyes

which shoots two arrows and cares nothing.

That shoots two arrows without care

واعَدَني الشَّاطِرْ

واعَدَني الشَّاطِرْ

بزَوْرةٍ تُدنيهْ

بزَوْرةٍ تُدنيهْ

The rogue promised me

The cunning one promised

a visit that would bring him near;

To visit with a glimpse

ثم انْثَنى نافِرْ

ثم انْثَنى نافِرْ

فَظَلْتُ أستدعِيهْ

فَظَلْتُ أستدعِيهْ

then turned away, shying off,

Then turned away aloof

so I kept calling him.

And I kept calling him

فإذْ أتى خاطِرْ

فإذْ أتى خاطِرْ

شدَوْتُه تَنْبِيهْ

شدَوْتُه تَنْبِيهْ

Then when he came, strutting,

But when the idea came to me

I sang to him a reminder:

I chided it to rouse

وَجْهَ الهِلالْ قُلْ لِيْ يا نُورْ عَيْني

وَجْهَ الهِلالْ قُلْ لِيْ يا نُورْ عَيْني

تَمْطُلْ كذا دَيْني يَكِفِي المِطالْ

تَمْطُلْ كذا دَيْني يَكِفِي المِطالْ

Crescent-faced one, tell me, O light of my eye:

Say to me, oh light of my eyes

will you delay my due like this? Enough delay!

Do you delay my debt like this, it's enough hesitance