بِطَلعة وَجهِكَ الباهي المَصونِ

بِطَلعة وَجهِكَ الباهي المَصونِ

تَرفَّق بي فَدَيتك يا عُيوني

تَرفَّق بي فَدَيتك يا عُيوني

By the sight of your radiant, inviolate face,

With your radiant, guarded face at dawn

Be gentle with me—may I be your ransom, O my eyes.

Have mercy on me, my dear eyes

فَوا القَمَر المنير مِن الجَبينِ

فَوا القَمَر المنير مِن الجَبينِ

خَيالك بَينَ طابقة الجُفونِ

خَيالك بَينَ طابقة الجُفونِ

So, O moon shining from the brow,

The shining moon is nothing to your forehead

Your image lies between the folds of my eyelids,

Your image between the eyelids

وَذكرك بِالتَحرُّك وَالسُكونِ

وَذكرك بِالتَحرُّك وَالسُكونِ

إِلى كَم ذا الصُدود أَطَلتَ هَجري

إِلى كَم ذا الصُدود أَطَلتَ هَجري

And remembrance of you stays with me in motion and stillness.

And your memory in movement and stillness

How long this turning away? You have prolonged your desertion of me.

How long will this estrangement extend?

رُوَيداً فَالهَوى العُذريّ عُذري

رُوَيداً فَالهَوى العُذريّ عُذري

مَتى يَوماً أَراكَ يَهون أَمري

مَتى يَوماً أَراكَ يَهون أَمري

Gently—for chaste love is my excuse.

Gently, for innocent love is my excuse

On a day when I see you, my plight grows lighter;

When will I see you and my affair seems simple?

وَيَوماً لا أَراكَ يَضيقُ صَدري

وَيَوماً لا أَراكَ يَضيقُ صَدري

وَتَعذرني العَواذل في جُنوني

وَتَعذرني العَواذل في جُنوني

And on a day I do not see you, my chest tightens.

And a day I do not see you, my chest feels tight

And the women who reproach me excuse me for my madness.

And the reproachers drive me mad in my passion

لأَقسم بِالنُجوم مِن الدَراري

لأَقسم بِالنُجوم مِن الدَراري

بِجيدك وَالهِلال مِن السِوارِ

بِجيدك وَالهِلال مِن السِوارِ

I swear indeed by the radiant stars,

I swear by the stars of the Darari

By your neck and the crescent of the bracelet,

By your cheek and the crescent of the bracelet

وَآيةِ غنج لَحظك ذي الفَقارِ

وَآيةِ غنج لَحظك ذي الفَقارِ

وصالك جَنَّتي وَجفاكَ ناري

وصالك جَنَّتي وَجفاكَ ناري

And by the wondrous coquetry of your Dhu al-Fiqar glance:

By the sign of your piercing glance like a sword

Union with you is my paradise, and your coldness my fire;

Your union is my paradise, your separation my fire

وَوَجهك قبلَتي وَرضاكَ ديني

وَوَجهك قبلَتي وَرضاكَ ديني

بِروحي يا شَقيق الغُصن قَدّاً

بِروحي يا شَقيق الغُصن قَدّاً

And your face is my direction of prayer, and your approval my religion.

Your face my prayer direction, your pleasure my faith

My soul for you, O twin of the bough in stature!

By my soul, O twin of the branch, stop

عَلامَ أَبحت قَتل الصَبّ عَمدا

عَلامَ أَبحت قَتل الصَبّ عَمدا

ويا اِبن شَقائق النُعمان خَدّاً

ويا اِبن شَقائق النُعمان خَدّاً

Why have you permitted the deliberate killing of the lovesick lover?

Why have you deliberately killed the youth?

And O son of Nu'man's anemones in cheek,

And O son of anemone cheeks and mole

تَبارَك مَن كَسا خَدَّيك وَردا

تَبارَك مَن كَسا خَدَّيك وَردا

وَتَوَّجه بِتاج الياسَمينِ

وَتَوَّجه بِتاج الياسَمينِ

Blessed is the one who clothed your cheeks in roses,

Blessed is He who dressed your cheeks in roses

And crowned him with a crown of jasmine.

And crowned it with a crown of jasmine