كنت أعدو في غابة اللوز .. لم

كنت أعدو في غابة اللوز .. لم

قال عني، أماه، إني حلوة

قال عني، أماه، إني حلوة

I was running through the almond grove... Why

I was running in an almond forest.. No

did he say of me, Mother, that I am lovely?

He said about me, oh mother, that I am sweet

وعلى سالفي .. غفا زر ورد

وعلى سالفي .. غفا زر ورد

وقميص تفلتت منه عروة

وقميص تفلتت منه عروة

And on the side of my neck, a rosebud slept,

And on my neck.. a withered rose petal

And a shirt whose button loop had come loose.

And a shirt with a loose thread

قال ما قال .. فالقميص جحيم

قال ما قال .. فالقميص جحيم

فوق صدري، والثوب يقطر نشوة

فوق صدري، والثوب يقطر نشوة

He said what he said... so the shirt is an inferno

He said what he said.. so the shirt is hell

Over my bosom, and the garment drips ecstasy.

Above my chest, and the garment drips with bliss

قال لي : مبسمي وريقة توت

قال لي : مبسمي وريقة توت

ولقد قال إن صدري ثروة

ولقد قال إن صدري ثروة

He told me my smiling mouth was a little mulberry leaf,

He said to me: my smile is a mulberry leaf

And indeed he said my bosom was a treasure.

And he even said my chest is a treasure

وروى لي عن ناهدي حكايا..

وروى لي عن ناهدي حكايا..

فهما جدولا نبيذ وقهوة

فهما جدولا نبيذ وقهوة

And he told me tales of my two breasts...

And he told me stories about my breasts..

For they are two streams of wine and coffee,

They are streams of wine and coffee

وهما دورقا رحيق ونور

وهما دورقا رحيق ونور

وهما ربوة تعانق ربوة..

وهما ربوة تعانق ربوة..

And they are two flasks of nectar and light,

They are two boats of nectar and light

And they are a hill embracing a hill...

They are two hills embracing two hills..

أأنا حلوة؟ وأيقظ أنثى

أأنا حلوة؟ وأيقظ أنثى

في عروقي ، وشق للنور كوه

في عروقي ، وشق للنور كوه

Am I lovely? And he awakened a woman

Am I sweet? And awakened the femininity

In my veins, and cut a window for the light.

In my veins, and tore open a path for light

إن في صوته قرارا رخيم

إن في صوته قرارا رخيم

وبأحداقه .. بريق النبوة

وبأحداقه .. بريق النبوة

Indeed, in his voice is a mellow low note,

In his voice there is languid tranquility

And in his eyes... the gleam of prophecy.

And in his eyes.. the glimmer of prophecy

جبهة حرة .. كما انسرح النور

جبهة حرة .. كما انسرح النور

وثغر فيه اعتداد وقسوة

وثغر فيه اعتداد وقسوة

A free brow, like light streaming forth,

A free forehead.. as the light cascaded

And a mouth filled with pride and cruelty.

And his mouth has pride and harshness

يغصب القبلة اغتصابا .. وأرضي

يغصب القبلة اغتصابا .. وأرضي

وجميل أن يؤخذ الثغر عنوة

وجميل أن يؤخذ الثغر عنوة

He seizes the kiss by force... and I am pleased,

He forcibly takes the kiss.. and I acquiesce

And it is lovely to have one's lips taken by force.

And it’s beautiful when the mouth is taken by force

ورددت الجفون عنه .. حياء

ورددت الجفون عنه .. حياء

وحياء النساء للحب دعوة

وحياء النساء للحب دعوة

And I turned my eyelids away from him in shyness,

And my eyelids drew back from him.. shyness

And women's shyness is an invitation to love.

And the shyness of women is an invitation to love

تستحي مقلتي .. ويسأل طهري

تستحي مقلتي .. ويسأل طهري

عن شذاه .. كأن للطهر شهوة

عن شذاه .. كأن للطهر شهوة

My eye is shy... and my purity asks

My lashes are shy.. and he asks my chastity

About his fragrance... as though purity had desire.

About his allure.. as if chastity has desire

أنت .. لن تنكري على احتراقي

أنت .. لن تنكري على احتراقي

كلنا .. في مجامر النار نسوه

كلنا .. في مجامر النار نسوه

You... will not disapprove of my burning;

You.. will not deny my burning

All of us... are women in the braziers of fire.

We are all.. in the gambling dens of fire forgetting