بِقَلبي عَن هَوى البيض اِنصِراف

بِقَلبي عَن هَوى البيض اِنصِراف

وَيُعجِبُني مِنَ السُّمر القِضاف

وَيُعجِبُني مِنَ السُّمر القِضاف

My heart turns away from love of fair-skinned women.

My heart is turned away from pining for the fair-skinned maidens,

And among brown-skinned women, the slender ones delight me.

And I take delight instead in the tanned and dusky ones.

وَإِن لَم أَنتَفِع بِالوُدّ مِنها

وَإِن لَم أَنتَفِع بِالوُدّ مِنها

فَلَيسَ عَلَيَّ من قَلبي خِلاف

فَلَيسَ عَلَيَّ من قَلبي خِلاف

And even if I gain nothing from her affection,

Though she may give me no benefit from her affection,

My heart still offers no opposition to me.

Yet my heart holds no grudge against her.