أفَاضِحَ بَدْرِ التَّمْ وَالشَّمْسِ في الضُّحَى

أفَاضِحَ بَدْرِ التَّمْ وَالشَّمْسِ في الضُّحَى

بِنَرْجِسِ ألْحَاظٍ وَبَانِ قُدُودِ

بِنَرْجِسِ ألْحَاظٍ وَبَانِ قُدُودِ

O you who shame the full moon and the sun at midmorning,

O revealer of the full moon and sun at dawn

With narcissus glances and bān-tree figures.

With narcissus glances and slender stature

كَلاَمُكَ يَأسُو جُرْحَ لَحْظِكَ فِي الحَشَا

كَلاَمُكَ يَأسُو جُرْحَ لَحْظِكَ فِي الحَشَا

بِآسِ عِذَارٍ أمْ بِجَرْحِ خُدُودِ

بِآسِ عِذَارٍ أمْ بِجَرْحِ خُدُودِ

Your words heal the wound of your glance within the heart—

Your words heal the wounds of your glances in my inner thoughts

With the myrtle of cheek-down, or with a wound to the cheeks?

Whether by lightly excusing, or by tenderly wounding