فُؤَادِي وَالْهَوَى قَدَحٌ وَخَمْرُ

فُؤَادِي وَالْهَوَى قَدَحٌ وَخَمْرُ

أَمَا في ذَاكَ لِي طَرَبٌ وَسُكْرُ

أَمَا في ذَاكَ لِي طَرَبٌ وَسُكْرُ

My heart and love are a cup and wine;

My heart and passion are a goblet and wine,

Is there not rapture and intoxication for me in that?

Of that I have rapture and inebriation.

يَلُومُونِي عَلَى كَلَفِي بِلَيْلَى

يَلُومُونِي عَلَى كَلَفِي بِلَيْلَى

وَلَيْلَى في سَمَاءِ الْحُسْنِ بَدْرُ

وَلَيْلَى في سَمَاءِ الْحُسْنِ بَدْرُ

They blame me for my passion for Layla,

They blame me for my infatuation with Layla,

And Layla is a full moon in beauty's sky.

While Layla is the full moon in the sky of beauty.

لَهَا خَدٌّ بِهِ لِلْحُسْنِ وَرْدٌ

لَهَا خَدٌّ بِهِ لِلْحُسْنِ وَرْدٌ

وَلَحْظٌ فِيهِ لِلْمَلَكَيْنِ سِحْرُ

وَلَحْظٌ فِيهِ لِلْمَلَكَيْنِ سِحْرُ

She has a cheek bearing beauty's rose,

She has a cheek, in which beauty is a rose,

And a glance holding the two angels' magic.

And a glance, in which is magic for the angels.

تَضِنُّ عَلَيَّ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ تِيهاً

تَضِنُّ عَلَيَّ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ تِيهاً

وَهَلْ فِي سُنَّةِ التَّسْلِيمِ وِزْرُ

وَهَلْ فِي سُنَّةِ التَّسْلِيمِ وِزْرُ

She grudges me a greeting out of pride,

She is coy with me in her acquiescence, wandering,

And is there any sin in the custom of greeting?

Is there in the way of acquiescence any blame?

يَلُوحُ جَبِينُهَا في طُرَّتَيْهَا

يَلُوحُ جَبِينُهَا في طُرَّتَيْهَا

كَما أَوْفَى عَلَى الظَّلْمَاءِ فَجْرُ

كَما أَوْفَى عَلَى الظَّلْمَاءِ فَجْرُ

Her forehead gleams between her two forelocks,

Her forehead gleams from beneath her veil,

As dawn rises over the darkness.

As the dawn shines through the darkness.

وَتَبْسِمُ عَنْ جُمَانٍ فِي عَقِيقٍ

وَتَبْسِمُ عَنْ جُمَانٍ فِي عَقِيقٍ

يُقَالُ لَهُ بِحُكْمِ الذَّوْقِ ثَغْرُ

يُقَالُ لَهُ بِحُكْمِ الذَّوْقِ ثَغْرُ

And she smiles, revealing pearls amid carnelian,

And she smiles from perfect rubies,

Which, in the judgment of taste, is called a mouth.

It is said by the judgment of taste, they are lips.