مرنَّح القدّ من ثَنى لك عطفيك

مرنَّح القدّ من ثَنى لك عطفيك

ومن أَعار القَنا اِعتدالَك

ومن أَعار القَنا اِعتدالَك

O swaying figure, who curved your sides for you?

The slender branch sways for you, bending its arms

And who lent the spears your upright poise?

And the vine straightens its posture to greet you

نهبت كلَّ الورى بصارم لحظَيك

نهبت كلَّ الورى بصارم لحظَيك

فاتني من بذا قَضى لَك

فاتني من بذا قَضى لَك

You plundered all mankind with the keen sword of your two glances;

With your bewitching glances you've plundered all hearts

O my enchanter, who decreed this for you?

Leaving me bereft of the promise you made

أَسعرت نار الحشى بحُمرة خدّيك

أَسعرت نار الحشى بحُمرة خدّيك

فاِطفها من لَمى زلالَك

فاِطفها من لَمى زلالَك

You kindled the heart's fire with the redness of your cheeks;

With the rouge of your cheeks you ignited my passion

So quench it with the limpid water of your dusky lips.

So douse it with the fresh water of your lips

اللَه في مهجةٍ غدت في كفَّيك

اللَه في مهجةٍ غدت في كفَّيك

شفَّها بالأَسى مِطالَك

شفَّها بالأَسى مِطالَك

For God's sake, have mercy on a heart now in your hands;

My heart lies wounded in your cruel hands

Your stalling has wasted it away with sorrow.

Heal it with the balm of your tenderness

لَو تَعلَم اليوم ما بها من عينَيك

لَو تَعلَم اليوم ما بها من عينَيك

ما قَضى بالجَفا دَلالَك

ما قَضى بالجَفا دَلالَك

If you knew today what it suffers from your eyes,

If only you knew what torment your eyes inflict

Your coyness would not have decreed estrangement.

You'd not be so harsh and indifferent

قَلبي مَدى الدهر حائر في أَمريك

قَلبي مَدى الدهر حائر في أَمريك

من بعادك ومن وصالك

من بعادك ومن وصالك

My heart is forever bewildered by your two states:

My heart bewildered, for ages loving you

By your absence and by union with you.

Whether parted or united

لويت دَين الهوى كليِّ صُدغيك

لويت دَين الهوى كليِّ صُدغيك

مَن فعل يا جَدي فعالَك

مَن فعل يا جَدي فعالَك

You deferred love's debt, like the twisting of your temple-locks;

I've twisted the faith of love to match your whim

Who, O young goat, has done deeds like yours?

Who acts, my beauty, but as you ordain?

ورحتَ تسبي النُهى بساحر جَفنَيك

ورحتَ تسبي النُهى بساحر جَفنَيك

هَكَذا يَقتَضي جمالك

هَكَذا يَقتَضي جمالك

And you went on taking minds captive with the magic of your eyelids;

With your alluring eyes you rob virtue of its pride

This is what your beauty demands.

So beautiful you are, you've every right

بدر الدياجي والغَزالةُ قُلبيك

بدر الدياجي والغَزالةُ قُلبيك

في البَها وَالسُهى نِعالك

في البَها وَالسُهى نِعالك

The full moon of dark nights and the sun are your two bracelets

O, radiant idol, captor of my heart

In splendor; and Suha, your sandals.

In joy or sorrow I'm your willing slave