وشادِنٍ زارَني والليْلُ في غَسَقٍ

وشادِنٍ زارَني والليْلُ في غَسَقٍ

فَزاغَ منْ نُورِهِ لَحظايَ واِختُطِفا

فَزاغَ منْ نُورِهِ لَحظايَ واِختُطِفا

And a young gazelle visited me while the night lay in deep darkness.

The nightly shadows wept for me when light

Then my two eyes wavered at his light and were swept away.

Fled from my eyes and left me in dark plight.

وقَدْ طَفى ريقُهُ نارَ الحَشا وجَنى

وقَدْ طَفى ريقُهُ نارَ الحَشا وجَنى

مِنْ خدِّه نَظَري للوَرْدِ وَاِقْتَطفا

مِنْ خدِّه نَظَري للوَرْدِ وَاِقْتَطفا

And his saliva had quenched the fire in my heart, and my gaze gathered

My tears, fire-hot, sped down my cheek, and he

Roses from his cheek and plucked them.

Plucked roses that on my cheek bloomed bright.