التقَى عاجٌ بعاج

التقَى عاجٌ بعاج

هل لِقلبي مِن علاج

هل لِقلبي مِن علاج

Ivory met ivory.

When two ivory tusks meet

Is there any cure for my heart?

Is there a cure for my heart?

كيفَ والقدُّ تثَنَّى

كيفَ والقدُّ تثَنَّى

بينَنا والطَّرفُ ساج

بينَنا والطَّرفُ ساج

How, when the figure swayed

How could it be bent

between us, and the gaze was languid,

When between us there's a veil

ومُدامُ الثغرِ منه

ومُدامُ الثغرِ منه

ودموعي في امتِزَاج

ودموعي في امتِزَاج

and the wine from his mouth

And the lips are locked

and my tears were mingling?

While my tears flow mingled