ما لِلحَواسد بِحُب الظبي تهذي بي

ما لِلحَواسد بِحُب الظبي تهذي بي

وَالعشق يا ناس ما قصر بتَهذيبي

وَالعشق يا ناس ما قصر بتَهذيبي

Why do the envious babble about me for loving the gazelle?

What ails the enviers with my love for the gazelle that fascinates me

And love, O people, has not fallen short in refining me.

And love, O people, is no fault to refine me

يا ظبيُ رفقاً بِحالي زاد تَغليبي

يا ظبيُ رفقاً بِحالي زاد تَغليبي

عَيني تُشاهد جَمالك وَأَنتَ لي مانع

عَيني تُشاهد جَمالك وَأَنتَ لي مانع

O gazelle, be gentle with my plight; I am increasingly overwhelmed.

O gazelle gently with my state increased my affliction

My eye beholds your beauty, yet you withhold from me

My eye beholds your beauty yet you're a barrier to me

الما حَدا ناظِري وَالنار تَغلي بي

الما حَدا ناظِري وَالنار تَغلي بي

the water beside my eye, while fire boils within me.

Pain has afflicted my sight and the fire burns within me