ظبي تهاب الأسد موقف طعنه

ظبي تهاب الأسد موقف طعنه

آجالنا سكنت بمرهف جفنه

آجالنا سكنت بمرهف جفنه

A gazelle whose striking stance the lions dread;

The gazelle fears the lion though his stance wounds

Our appointed deaths dwell in his eyelid's keen blade.

Our lifespans settled on the edge of his eyelid

سلب القوى بصدوده ونفوره

سلب القوى بصدوده ونفوره

من مسعفي بوصاله وبأمنه

من مسعفي بوصاله وبأمنه

He stole my strength through his rejection and aversion;

Robbing strength with his rejection and aversion

Who will bring me relief through union with him and his protection?

Of my efforts for his friendship and safety

يا أيها الرشأ الذي من سحره

يا أيها الرشأ الذي من سحره

هاروت اصبح عاجزا في فنه

هاروت اصبح عاجزا في فنه

O fawn, by whose magic

O you whose magic Hārūt became powerless in his craft

Harut has become helpless in his art.

Be gentle, it's the way of kings, so do not drag

الرفق من شيم الملوك فلا تجر

الرفق من شيم الملوك فلا تجر

يا مالكا كل القلوب بحسنه

يا مالكا كل القلوب بحسنه

Gentleness is a trait of kings, so do not be unjust,

O owner of all hearts, with your beauty

O master of all hearts through your beauty.

Passion rules my mind, melting it

حكم الغرام بمهجتي فأذابها

حكم الغرام بمهجتي فأذابها

والشوق هد تصبري من ركنه

والشوق هد تصبري من ركنه

Passion ruled over my heart and melted it,

And longing weakened my patience from its pillar

And longing shattered my endurance at its foundation.

Your abandonment caused a separation between my eyelid and tears

وجفاك فرق بين جفني والكرى

وجفاك فرق بين جفني والكرى

وسحاب جفني صب آخر مزنه

وسحاب جفني صب آخر مزنه

And your coldness parted my eyelid from sleep,

And a cloud poured from my eyelid its last shower

And my eyelid's cloud poured out its last rain.

Have mercy on one lovesick for you, about

عطفا على صب صريع هواك إذ

عطفا على صب صريع هواك إذ

قد كاد يقضي حسرة من حزنه

قد كاد يقضي حسرة من حزنه

Have compassion on a lover laid low by love for you, for

To perish from sorrow in his grief

He has all but died of anguish from his grief.

Forgive, even with a visit to cool my ardour

واسمح ولو بزيارة تطفي الجوى

واسمح ولو بزيارة تطفي الجوى

وتحرق الواشي بخيبة ظنه

وتحرق الواشي بخيبة ظنه

And grant me even a visit that quenches my burning heartache

And burn the slanderer with his ill thoughts

And scorches the slanderer by dashing his expectations.