رَمَيْتُ فَلَمْ أُصِبْ وَرَمَتْ فَأَصْمَتْ

رَمَيْتُ فَلَمْ أُصِبْ وَرَمَتْ فَأَصْمَتْ

فَيَا عَجَبَاً لِسَهْمٍ لا يَطِيشُ

فَيَا عَجَبَاً لِسَهْمٍ لا يَطِيشُ

I shot but missed; she shot and struck me dead.

I shot but missed, she shot and hit

What a wonder, then, an arrow that never goes astray!

So strange that my arrow goes astray

حَواجِبُهَا الْقِسِيُّ وَلَحْظَتَاها

حَواجِبُهَا الْقِسِيُّ وَلَحْظَتَاها

بِهَا سَهْمَانِ وَالأَهْدَابُ رِيشُ

بِهَا سَهْمَانِ وَالأَهْدَابُ رِيشُ

Her eyebrows are bows, and her two glances

Her eyebrows’ frown and glance, I admit

Are two arrows in them, and her eyelashes are feathers.

Are arrows - her lashes the feathers’ play