يا قوم ما كذب العذول فصدقوا

يا قوم ما كذب العذول فصدقوا

إني أحب لنورها النوارا

إني أحب لنورها النوارا

O people, the reprover has not lied, so believe him:

O people, the alluring one did not lie so believe her

I love blossoms for her radiance,

I love her for her radiant light

ولساقها ونهودها وخدودها ال

ولساقها ونهودها وخدودها ال

تفاح والرمان والجمارا

تفاح والرمان والجمارا

and for her leg, her breasts, and her cheeks, the

And for her legs, breasts, and rosy cheeks like

apples, pomegranates, and palm hearts.

Apples, pomegranates, and live coals

وإذا رأيت الجلنار حسبته

وإذا رأيت الجلنار حسبته

وجنات من ملأت فؤادي نارا

وجنات من ملأت فؤادي نارا

And when I see pomegranate blossom, I take it for

And when I see her necklace I reckon it

the cheeks of her who filled my heart with fire.

As gardens that filled my heart with fire

بكرٌ تواسينا بها لحظاتها

بكرٌ تواسينا بها لحظاتها

فنظل بالراح الحلال سكارى

فنظل بالراح الحلال سكارى

Her glances comfort us with virgin wine,

A maiden who cheers us with her glances for moments

so we remain drunk on lawful wine.

So we remain drunk on permitted intimacy

حجب الحياء خدودها بحميمه

حجب الحياء خدودها بحميمه

فحسبتهن من الذهول عقارا

فحسبتهن من الذهول عقارا

Modesty veiled her cheeks with its warm sweat,

The veils of modesty redden her cheeks with passion

so, in bewilderment, I mistook them for wine.

So I imagined them to be aloes wood from bashfulness