سباني من بني الاتراك ريم

سباني من بني الاتراك ريم

واسبل عبرتي رشأ رخيم

واسبل عبرتي رشأ رخيم

A gazelle from among the Turks has taken me captive.

A slender maiden of Turkish descent enchanted me,

And a soft-voiced fawn has set my tears flowing.

And poured out her tears like gentle rain.

كحيل الطرف داجي الشعر المي

كحيل الطرف داجي الشعر المي

رشيق القد مجدول هضيم

رشيق القد مجدول هضيم

Kohl-dark of eye, night-dark of hair, dusky-lipped,

Her eyes were kohl-dark, her hair jet black,

Graceful of stature, well-knit and slim-waisted.

Slender of form, shapely of body.

ترنحه الصبا فيميس تيهاً

ترنحه الصبا فيميس تيهاً

كخوط البان رنَّحه النسيم

كخوط البان رنَّحه النسيم

The east wind rocks him, and he sways in pride,

The morning breeze swayed her to and fro,

Like a bough of the bān tree swayed by the breeze.

Like strands of yarn gently stirred by the wind.

شدا فحمائم الاغصان ظلَّت

شدا فحمائم الاغصان ظلَّت

على اعطافه طرباً تحوم

على اعطافه طرباً تحوم

He sang, and the doves in the branches kept

So the doves in the branches stayed still,

Hovering around his sides in rapture.

Charmed by her graceful movements.

كان خدوده ذكيٌّ

كان خدوده ذكيٌّ

ونقطة خاله مسكٌ شميم

ونقطة خاله مسكٌ شميم

His cheeks seem fragrant,

Her cheeks were radiant,

And the dot of his mole is sweet-scented musk.

And the mole on her cheek was sweet musk.

اروم وصاله ويروم هجري

اروم وصاله ويروم هجري

واين مرامه مما اروم

واين مرامه مما اروم

I seek union with him, while he seeks to shun me.

I desire union with her, and she desires to abandon me.

And how far his aim is from what I seek!

Where are her true feelings amidst what I desire?

اقول ومهجتي نهب التصابي

اقول ومهجتي نهب التصابي

ودمع العين هطَّالٌ سجوم

ودمع العين هطَّالٌ سجوم

I say, while my heart is prey to youthful infatuation,

I speak while my love is plundered by rivals,

And tears from my eyes pour down in streams:

And tears from my eyes pour down in streams.

معاذ الحب ان اصغي للومٍ

معاذ الحب ان اصغي للومٍ

اجلُّ مسامعي واسىً مقيم

اجلُّ مسامعي واسىً مقيم

Love forbid that I should heed reproach!

Woe to love, if I listen to blame -

I hold my ears above it, while sorrow abides.

I turn a deaf ear and establish a firm resolve.

ولي قلب غداة البين عانٍ

ولي قلب غداة البين عانٍ

بسفح الجزع اشجته الرسوم

بسفح الجزع اشجته الرسوم

And I have a captive heart on the morning of parting,

My heart since we parted has been in agony,

At the foot of the valley bend, the ruins have saddened it.

Wounded by the feed of sadness.

وعينٌ لم تزل تنهلُّ دمعاً

وعينٌ لم تزل تنهلُّ دمعاً

كأن دموعها درٌّ نظيم

كأن دموعها درٌّ نظيم

And an eye that has never ceased pouring tears,

My eyes have not ceased shedding copious tears,

As though its tears were strung pearls.

As if my weeping is a steady, flowing stream.

أبيت الليل ذا ارق ووجدٍ

أبيت الليل ذا ارق ووجدٍ

تطارحني بغيهبه النجوم

تطارحني بغيهبه النجوم

I pass the night in sleeplessness and longing,

I spent the night sleepless and anguished,

The stars converse with me in its deep darkness.

With the stars keeping me company in my vigil.