أن كنتَ تجرحني باللّحظِ والمقلِ

أن كنتَ تجرحني باللّحظِ والمقلِ

فسوفَ أجرحُ في خديك بالُقبَل

فسوفَ أجرحُ في خديك بالُقبَل

If you wound me with glances and eyes,

If you hurt me with a glance and wink

then I will wound your cheeks with kisses.

Then I will hurt your cheek with a kiss

أو كان خمرُهم ماءٌ به عَسَلٌ

أو كان خمرُهم ماءٌ به عَسَلٌ

فخَمْرُ ريقك فوق الماءِ والعَسلِ

فخَمْرُ ريقك فوق الماءِ والعَسلِ

Or if their wine is water with honey in it,

Or if their wine was water mixed with honey

then the wine of your saliva surpasses water and honey.

Then the wine of your saliva is above water and honey

قالوا فسدتَ بساجي اللحظ قلت لهم

قالوا فسدتَ بساجي اللحظ قلت لهم

أن الفسادَ بساجي اللحظ أصْلَحُ لي

أن الفسادَ بساجي اللحظ أصْلَحُ لي

They said, 'You have been corrupted by the languid-eyed one.' I told them

They said you are corrupted by my flirting glance, I said to them

that corruption by the languid-eyed one is better for me.

Corruption by my flirting glance makes me better

يا حسنُهُ كقضيبِ البانِ معتدلاً

يا حسنُهُ كقضيبِ البانِ معتدلاً

يهتز فوقَ نقارملٍ مِنْ الكفَل

يهتز فوقَ نقارملٍ مِنْ الكفَل

How handsome he is, upright like a bough of the ban tree,

Oh his beauty like an evenly balanced rod

swaying above a sand dune formed by his rump.

That sways over soft cheeks of a gazelle

مقوّسٌ حاجبيه لاَفتاً عُنقاً

مقوّسٌ حاجبيه لاَفتاً عُنقاً

عني فواتعبي من ذلك العمل

عني فواتعبي من ذلك العمل

Arching his brows, turning his neck

Arched are his eyebrows, alluring his neck

away from me—alas for my suffering from that act!

My eyes are dazzled by such a vision

لمْ أنْسَ ليلة ما جاذبتُ مِئْزرَه

لمْ أنْسَ ليلة ما جاذبتُ مِئْزرَه

وقد تورّدَ خَدّاه من الخجل

وقد تورّدَ خَدّاه من الخجل

I have not forgotten the night when I tugged at his loincloth,

I have not forgotten the night I pulled his apron

and his cheeks had turned rosy with shyness.

And his cheeks turned red from shyness

عاتبته فبكى لاطفتُه فشكى

عاتبته فبكى لاطفتُه فشكى

وقال مِن قَبِل الواشين لا قبلي

وقال مِن قَبِل الواشين لا قبلي

I reproached him, so he wept; I treated him tenderly, so he complained.

I blamed him so he cried, I consoled him so he complained

And he said, 'It comes from the talebearers, not from me.'

And he said "it's not my fault, blame the slanderers"