مليكة مهجتي من آل فارس

مليكة مهجتي من آل فارس

تنوب جفونها عن ألف فارس

تنوب جفونها عن ألف فارس

My heart’s queen is from the house of Fāris;

The queen of my heart is of Persian lineage.

Her eyelids stand in for a thousand horsemen.

Her eyelids stand in for a thousand horsemen.

لها خال يتيّم كل خالٍ

لها خال يتيّم كل خالٍ

على خد يفرِّح كل عابس

على خد يفرِّح كل عابس

She has a beauty mark that enthralls every carefree soul,

She has a mole that makes every unattached heart lovesick,

Upon a cheek that gladdens every scowling face.

On a cheek that gladdens everyone who frowns.

ووجه تشرق الأقمار منه

ووجه تشرق الأقمار منه

وفرع لا تفارقه الحنادس

وفرع لا تفارقه الحنادس

And a face from which the moons rise shining,

And a face from which the moons shine forth,

And tresses never forsaken by deepest darkness.

And tresses that deep darkness never leaves.

جلت لونيهما لبياض شيبي

جلت لونيهما لبياض شيبي

فأصبح مثل راحات العرائس

فأصبح مثل راحات العرائس

The whiteness of my gray hair threw their two hues into relief,

She revealed their two hues to the whiteness of my gray hair,

So it became like the palms of brides.

So it became like the palms of brides.