هَذاكَ مغناهُم فقِف في بينهِ

هَذاكَ مغناهُم فقِف في بينهِ

وحذارِ ثُمَّ حذارِ أعيُنَ عينهِ

وحذارِ ثُمَّ حذارِ أعيُنَ عينهِ

That is their dwelling; stand in its midst.

That is their singer, so stop in his midst

And beware—beware again—the eyes of its wide-eyed gazelles.

And beware, then beware, the eyes of his eyes

لا تَغترِر بفُتورِ أحداقِ الَمها

لا تَغترِر بفُتورِ أحداقِ الَمها

ففتورُها خَوضُ الرَّدى من دُونهِ

ففتورُها خَوضُ الرَّدى من دُونهِ

Do not be deceived by the languor of the oryxes' eyes,

Do not be fooled by the languor of his sleepy eyes

for their languor is a plunge into death before one reaches him.

For their languor is the seduction of temptation without him

وعنِ اليمينِ من المضاربِ معهدٌ

وعنِ اليمينِ من المضاربِ معهدٌ

لرشاً وثِقتُ بعهدهِ ويمينهِ

لرشاً وثِقتُ بعهدهِ ويمينهِ

And to the right of the tents is a familiar haunt,

And on the right, from the polo grounds, a promise

for a gazelle-fawn whose pledge and oath I trusted.

I trusted his promise and his oath

خَصرُ الَّلمى يروي السَّقامَ بصحَّةٍ

خَصرُ الَّلمى يروي السَّقامَ بصحَّةٍ

جسمي الضَّعيفُ بخصرهِ وجُفونهِ

جسمي الضَّعيفُ بخصرهِ وجُفونهِ

The dark-lipped one's waist truthfully recounts the sickness

The belt of beauty quenches my thirst with health

of my frail body, caused by his waist and eyelids.

My weak body with his belt and his eyelids

قمرٌ ضللتُ بخالِه وبشَعرهِ

قمرٌ ضللتُ بخالِه وبشَعرهِ

لكن هُديتُ بثغرهِ وجبينهِ

لكن هُديتُ بثغرهِ وجبينهِ

A moon—his beauty spot and hair led me astray,

A moon I went astray with his mole and his hair

but his mouth and forehead guided me.

But I was guided by his mouth and his forehead

ترتاعُ أقمارُ الدُّجا من نُورهِ

ترتاعُ أقمارُ الدُّجا من نُورهِ

وتغارُ أغصانُ النَّقا من لينهِ

وتغارُ أغصانُ النَّقا من لينهِ

The moons of night take fright at his light,

The moons of darkness tremble from his light

and the branches on the dunes envy his suppleness.

And the branches of palms are jealous of his softness

أودعتُه قلبي وأعلمُ أنني

أودعتُه قلبي وأعلمُ أنني

أودعتُه سَفَهاً لغيرِ أمينهِ

أودعتُه سَفَهاً لغيرِ أمينهِ

I entrusted him with my heart, knowing that I

I entrusted him with my heart and I know

had foolishly entrusted it to an untrustworthy keeper.

I foolishly entrusted him to an untrustworthy keeper

يا يومَ غُرَّبَ لستُ أوَّلَ عاشقٍ

يا يومَ غُرَّبَ لستُ أوَّلَ عاشقٍ

هتَكت سرائرهُ غُروبُ شُؤنِه

هتَكت سرائرهُ غُروبُ شُؤنِه

O day he was sent away, I am not the first lover

O day when the sunset is not the first lover

whose secrets the torrents from his tear ducts laid bare.

Whose secrets were revealed by the sunset of his affairs

كم في الظَّعائنِ من كثيرٍ ضَغائنٍ

كم في الظَّعائنِ من كثيرٍ ضَغائنٍ

لم يَرثِ للصَّبِّ الشَّجي وشُجونِهِ

لم يَرثِ للصَّبِّ الشَّجي وشُجونِهِ

How many a grudge-filled one is among the camel litters,

How much in suspicions is there of many suspicions

who has not pitied the sorrowful lover and his sorrows,

That did not inherit the youth his passion and his sorrows

متبسِّمٍ من ثغرهِ عن جَوهرٍ

متبسِّمٍ من ثغرهِ عن جَوهرٍ

متنضِّدٍ روحي فداءُ ثمينهِ

متنضِّدٍ روحي فداءُ ثمينهِ

smiling, his mouth revealing jewels

Smiling from his mouth about a precious

set in rows—my soul a ransom for those precious gems.

Substance my soul is a ransom for his preciousness

يُلهي هواهُ المترفَ المرتاحَ عن

يُلهي هواهُ المترفَ المرتاحَ عن

دُنياهُ والُمحيي الدُّجا عن دينِهِ

دُنياهُ والُمحيي الدُّجا عن دينِهِ

Love for him distracts the pampered, carefree man from

His love preoccupies the comfortable indulgent from

his worldly life, and the nightlong worshipper from his faith.

His world and revives the gloom from his religion