عَيناكَ أَمكَنَتِ الشَيطانَ مِن خَلَدِي

عَيناكَ أَمكَنَتِ الشَيطانَ مِن خَلَدِي

إِنَّ العُيونَ لَأَعوانُ الشَياطِينِ

إِنَّ العُيونَ لَأَعوانُ الشَياطِينِ

Your eyes gave Satan power over my mind.

Your eyes allowed the devil into my heart

Eyes are indeed the helpers of devils.

Eyes are truly the devils' allies

كَم لَيلَةٍ بِتُّ مَطويّاً عَلى حَرَقٍ

كَم لَيلَةٍ بِتُّ مَطويّاً عَلى حَرَقٍ

أَشكُو إِلى النجمِ حَتّى كادَ يَشكُوني

أَشكُو إِلى النجمِ حَتّى كادَ يَشكُوني

Many a night I spent curled up in burning anguish,

How many nights have I spent writhing in agony

complaining to the star until it almost complained of me.

Complaining to the stars until they nearly complained of me

ياما أُمَيِلحَهُ ظَبياً فُتِنَتُ بِهِ

ياما أُمَيِلحَهُ ظَبياً فُتِنَتُ بِهِ

وَأَيُّ خَلقٍ بِظَبيٍ غَيرُ مَفتُون

وَأَيُّ خَلقٍ بِظَبيٍ غَيرُ مَفتُون

Oh, how adorable he is—a gazelle who has bewitched me!

Oh how alluring is the gazelle I am infatuated with

And what creature is not bewitched by a gazelle?

What creature is not infatuated with a gazelle?

يَجلُو نَباتَ أَقاحٍ مِن بَناتِ فَمٍ

يَجلُو نَباتَ أَقاحٍ مِن بَناتِ فَمٍ

يُسقى بِمِثلِ بُنَيّاتِ الزَراجِينِ

يُسقى بِمِثلِ بُنَيّاتِ الزَراجِينِ

He reveals a growth of daisies among a mouth's daughters,

Her mouth blossoms forth plants of cardamom

watered with the like of the grapevines' little daughters,

Watered with the likes of pearls from oysters

وَوَجنَتَينِ هُما تُفّاحَتا قُبَلي

وَوَجنَتَينِ هُما تُفّاحَتا قُبَلي

فَاتُرك سِوايَ وَتُفّاحَ البَساتِينِ

فَاتُرك سِوايَ وَتُفّاحَ البَساتِينِ

and two cheeks that are the twin apples of my kisses.

With two cheeks that are apples of my eye

So leave everyone else with the apples of the orchards.

So leave me be and the apples in the orchards

فُتُونُ عَينَيكَ تَنهاني وَتَأمُرُني

فُتُونُ عَينَيكَ تَنهاني وَتَأمُرُني

وَوَردُ خَدّيكَ يُغري بِي وَيُغرِيني

وَوَردُ خَدّيكَ يُغري بِي وَيُغرِيني

The charms of your eyes forbid me and command me,

The allure of your eyes tempts me and commands me

and the roses of your cheeks incite others against me and entice me.

The rose of your cheek entices me and excites me

أَما لَئِن بِعتُ دِيني وَاشتَرَيتُ بِهِ

أَما لَئِن بِعتُ دِيني وَاشتَرَيتُ بِهِ

دُنيا لَما بِعتُ فيكَ الدِينَ بِالدُونِ

دُنيا لَما بِعتُ فيكَ الدِينَ بِالدُونِ

Indeed, if I sold my faith and bought with it

But if I sold my faith and bought with it

a worldly life, I did not, for your sake, sell faith for anything base.

Worldly goods, I would not have sold my faith for less

اِستَغفِرُ اللَهَ لا وَاللَهِ ما نَفَعَت

اِستَغفِرُ اللَهَ لا وَاللَهِ ما نَفَعَت

مِن سِحر مُقلَتِهِ آياتُ ياسِينِ

مِن سِحر مُقلَتِهِ آياتُ ياسِينِ

I seek God's forgiveness! No, by God, of no avail were

I seek God's forgiveness, no, by God, the verses

the verses of Ya-Sin against the sorcery of his eye.

Of her eyelash's sorcery did not benefit me

سُبحانَ مَن خَلَقَ الأَشياءَ قاطِبَةً

سُبحانَ مَن خَلَقَ الأَشياءَ قاطِبَةً

تُراهُ صَوَّرَ ذاكَ الجِسمَ مِن طِينِ

تُراهُ صَوَّرَ ذاكَ الجِسمَ مِن طِينِ

Glory be to Him who created all things!

Glory to Him who created all things

Do you suppose He fashioned that body from clay?

You see He molded that body from clay

يا أَهل صَبرَةَ وَالأَحبابِ عِندَكُمُ

يا أَهل صَبرَةَ وَالأَحبابِ عِندَكُمُ

إِن كانَ عِندَكُمُ صَبرٌ فَواسُوني

إِن كانَ عِندَكُمُ صَبرٌ فَواسُوني

O people of Sabra, with the loved ones among you,

Oh people of patience, and loved ones, do you have

if you have patience, then comfort me.

Patience, if so, console me

إِنّي أَدينُ بِدِين الحُبّ وَيَحَكُمُ

إِنّي أَدينُ بِدِين الحُبّ وَيَحَكُمُ

وَاللَهُ قَد قالَ لا إِكراهَ في الدين

وَاللَهُ قَد قالَ لا إِكراهَ في الدين

I profess the religion of love—woe to you!

I profess the faith of love, which rules over me

And God has said: “There is no compulsion in religion.”

And God has said "No compulsion in religion"

مَولايَ لا تُشمِتِ الأَعداءَ بِي وَإِذا

مَولايَ لا تُشمِتِ الأَعداءَ بِي وَإِذا

نَسِيتَ قَوليَ فاذكر قَولَ هارُونِ

نَسِيتَ قَوليَ فاذكر قَولَ هارُونِ

My lord, do not give the enemies cause to gloat over me; and if

My Master, do not let the enemies gloat over me, and if

you forget my words, remember the words of Harun.

You forget my words, recall what Aaron said

حاسِب هَواكَ بِما أَنفَقتُ مِن عُمرِي

حاسِب هَواكَ بِما أَنفَقتُ مِن عُمرِي

وَاللَهِ لَو كانَ عُمري كَنزَ قارُونِ

وَاللَهِ لَو كانَ عُمري كَنزَ قارُونِ

Reckon the cost of loving you by what I have spent of my life,

Reckon your desire by what I spent of my life

by God, if my life were Qarun's treasure...

By God, if my life were like Qarun's treasure

لَو كُنتُ أَملِكُ نَفسي يا مُعَذِّبَها

لَو كُنتُ أَملِكُ نَفسي يا مُعَذِّبَها

قَرَّبتُها لَكَ في بَعض القَرابين

قَرَّبتُها لَكَ في بَعض القَرابين

If I owned my soul, O you who torment it,

If I had control over myself, oh she who torments it

I would offer it to you as one of the sacrificial offerings.

I would have offered it to you as one of the sacrifices