صَيَّرت دَمعي مِثلَ خدِّكَ أَحمَرا

صَيَّرت دَمعي مِثلَ خدِّكَ أَحمَرا

وَتَركتَ لَوني مِثلَ ثوبِكَ أصفَرا

وَتَركتَ لَوني مِثلَ ثوبِكَ أصفَرا

You made my tears red like your cheek.

You made my tears the color of your cheeks, red

And left my complexion yellow like your robe.

And left my complexion the color of your robe, yellow

وَحَللتَ قَلباً كانَ قَبلكَ يابِساً

وَحَللتَ قَلباً كانَ قَبلكَ يابِساً

فَزَها وَأَضحى مِن حلولِكَ أَخضَرا

فَزَها وَأَضحى مِن حلولِكَ أَخضَرا

And you entered a heart that was dry before you;

And turned a heart that was dry before you

So it flourished and, through your presence, turned green.

Green and lively with your presence

يا شاهِراً سَيفَ اللَّواحِظِ في الحَشا

يا شاهِراً سَيفَ اللَّواحِظِ في الحَشا

صَيَّرتَ قَلبي شُهرَةً بَينَ الوَرى

صَيَّرتَ قَلبي شُهرَةً بَينَ الوَرى

O you who brandish the sword of glances in my breast,

O you who unsheathe the sword of glances in battle

You made my heart famous among humankind.

You made my heart famous amongst people

وَهَزَزتَ قَدّاً كَالغُصونِ بلينهِ

وَهَزَزتَ قَدّاً كَالغُصونِ بلينهِ

لَكِنّهُ في الطَّعن يَحكي الأسمَرا

لَكِنّهُ في الطَّعن يَحكي الأسمَرا

And you swayed a form as supple as branches,

And shook a slender body like swaying branches

Yet in piercing it resembles the brown spear.

Yet in stabbing it tells of darkness

رِفقاً بِصبٍّ ذابَ فيكَ صَبابةً

رِفقاً بِصبٍّ ذابَ فيكَ صَبابةً

حَتّى غَدا بَينَ البريّةِ لا يُرى

حَتّى غَدا بَينَ البريّةِ لا يُرى

Be gentle with a lover who melted in longing for you,

Be gentle with a youth who melted in you to liquid

Until he could no longer be seen among humankind.

Until he disappeared amongst the wilderness, unseen

وَاِكسِرْ بِمَورِدِ فيكَ أَفعالَ الصدَا

وَاِكسِرْ بِمَورِدِ فيكَ أَفعالَ الصدَا

مِن قَلبِ صَبٍّ كانَ قَبلَكَ مصدَرا

مِن قَلبِ صَبٍّ كانَ قَبلَكَ مصدَرا

And with the spring of your mouth, undo thirst's effects

And break with your actions the firmness of old ways

From a lover's heart that was a wellspring before you.

From the heart of a youth who before you was steadfast

بِالرّوحِ مِن خَدَّيكَ أَخضر عارضٍ

بِالرّوحِ مِن خَدَّيكَ أَخضر عارضٍ

وافى الورودَ وَمُقلتي قَد أَمطَرا

وافى الورودَ وَمُقلتي قَد أَمطَرا

I would give my soul for the green down upon your cheeks;

With the spirit from your cheeks, green and rosy

It has reached the roses, and my eye has rained.

He came to the roses and my eyes rained