يا مقرَّ الغزالِ قد صحَّ عندي ال

يا مقرَّ الغزالِ قد صحَّ عندي ال

يومَ أَنّي اقتَحَمتُ منكَ عرينا

يومَ أَنّي اقتَحَمتُ منكَ عرينا

O abode of the gazelle, it has become clear to me

O dweller of the gazelle, truly with me it was made evident

today that I have stormed a lion's den within you.

The day I entered your abode as prey

رابَني فيكَ ما أَرى من عُيونٍ

رابَني فيكَ ما أَرى من عُيونٍ

باتَ يُغرى بها السَوادُ عُيونا

باتَ يُغرى بها السَوادُ عُيونا

I am troubled by the eyes I see in you,

I was captivated by your eyes that make the darkness desire them as eyes

whose blackness has come to entice other eyes,

And ribs that came to you bare

وَضلوعٍ جاءَتكَ وهيَ خوالٍ

وَضلوعٍ جاءَتكَ وهيَ خوالٍ

ثم عادَت ملآى هوىً وشُجونا

ثم عادَت ملآى هوىً وشُجونا

and by ribs that came to you empty,

Then returned filled with love and passion

then returned full of passion and sorrows.

What does your gazelle seek from me

ما الذي يَبتَغي غزالُكَ مِنّي

ما الذي يَبتَغي غزالُكَ مِنّي

بعد كوني عبداً له أَن أَكونا

بعد كوني عبداً له أَن أَكونا

What does your gazelle want me

After I became her servant, that I become

to be, after I have become his slave?

Whenever I say my heart has reached its prime

كُلَّما قُلتُ قد أَبلَّ فؤادي

كُلَّما قُلتُ قد أَبلَّ فؤادي

ساوَرَته الذِكرى فَجنَّ جُنونا

ساوَرَته الذِكرى فَجنَّ جُنونا

Whenever I say, 'My heart has recovered,'

Remembrance overwhelms it and it becomes insane

memory assails it, and it goes utterly mad.