ومعلم الخد ما زالت نواظره

ومعلم الخد ما زالت نواظره

تعلم السقم من جسمي وتستبق

تعلم السقم من جسمي وتستبق

And one with a marked cheek—his eyes have never ceased

The teacher of pain, his eyes still

Learning languor from my body and vying with one another.

Teach sickness to my body and outpace it

ليت العواذل في حبي له وجدوا

ليت العواذل في حبي له وجدوا

وجدي به وكما لاقيت فيه لقوا

وجدي به وكما لاقيت فيه لقوا

If only those who chide me for loving him had felt

If only lovers found passion for him in my love

My passion for him, and suffered as I have suffered for him.

And felt for him as I have felt and encountered

قبلته ولنا من ليل طرته سترٌ

قبلته ولنا من ليل طرته سترٌ

فنم بنا من وجهه فلق

فنم بنا من وجهه فلق

I kissed him, while the night of his forelock was our veil;

I kissed him though the night concealed us

But the dawn from his face betrayed us.

And let us sleep, veiling his face

والله لولا ارتشافي ماء ريقه

والله لولا ارتشافي ماء ريقه

لكنت بالنار من خديه أحترق

لكنت بالنار من خديه أحترق

By God, had I not sipped the water of his saliva,

By God, if not for sipping his saliva

I would have burned in the fire from his cheeks.

I'd have burned from his cheeks with fire