أضنى فؤاديَ ظبي الفرس حين رنا

أضنى فؤاديَ ظبي الفرس حين رنا

بمقلة نفثت بالسحر جفناها

بمقلة نفثت بالسحر جفناها

The gazelle of Persia made my heart languish when he gazed

My heart yearned like a horse yearns for a doe when she called out

with an eye whose two lids breathed enchantment.

With eyelids that breathed magic at dawn

له محيّاً لو انَّ الشمس ترمقه

له محيّاً لو انَّ الشمس ترمقه

لبرقعت خجلاً منه محياها

لبرقعت خجلاً منه محياها

He has a face that, were the sun to gaze upon it,

If the sun were to rise for him as a greeting

she would veil her own face in shame before it.

It would veil its face in shyness before his