جَذَبَتْ حاجِبَها حتّى انْدَمَجْ

جَذَبَتْ حاجِبَها حتّى انْدَمَجْ

ورَمَتْني بِسِهامٍ مِن دَعَجْ

ورَمَتْني بِسِهامٍ مِن دَعَجْ

She drew in her brow until it tightened,

She drew her eyebrows together until they merged

And shot me with arrows of her eyes’ deep blackness.

And shot me with arrows from a quiver

غادَةٌ في وَجْهِها لي جَنَّةٌ

غادَةٌ في وَجْهِها لي جَنَّةٌ

أجَّجتْ ما بينَ أضْلاعي وَهَجْ

أجَّجتْ ما بينَ أضْلاعي وَهَجْ

A graceful maiden, whose face is a paradise for me,

A beauty in her face is heaven for me

Kindled a blaze between my ribs.

Igniting what was between my ribs and confused me

أُفْرِغَ الدُّرُّ عَليها بَشراً

أُفْرِغَ الدُّرُّ عَليها بَشراً

غيرَ شَعْرٍ وَلِحاظٍ من سَبجْ

غيرَ شَعْرٍ وَلِحاظٍ من سَبجْ

Pearls were poured upon her as skin,

Pearls were poured upon her as a human

Except for hair and eyes of jet.

Other than hair and garment of silk

تُظهرُ التِّيهَ وتُخفي مِقَةً

تُظهرُ التِّيهَ وتُخفي مِقَةً

مَزَجتْ حُسناً بِسُوءٍ فامتزجْ

مَزَجتْ حُسناً بِسُوءٍ فامتزجْ

She displays haughtiness and conceals affection;

She shows confusion and hides torment

She mixed beauty with cruelty, and they mingled.

Mixing beauty with evil so they intermingled

ما دَعوها مُهْجَةً إِلّا لِما

ما دَعوها مُهْجَةً إِلّا لِما

قَدْ أراقَتْ مُقلتاها مِنْ مُهَجْ

قَدْ أراقَتْ مُقلتاها مِنْ مُهَجْ

They called her Muhja—“heart’s blood”—only because

None calls her passionate except for what

Her two eyes have shed the blood of hearts.

Her eyelashes have shed from passion