نَفسِي الفداءُ لمن قبّلتُه عَجِلاً

نَفسِي الفداءُ لمن قبّلتُه عَجِلاً

والبينُ يَعجبُ من وجْدِي ومن عَجَلي

والبينُ يَعجبُ من وجْدِي ومن عَجَلي

My soul be ransom for the one I kissed in haste,

My soul is the ransom for the one I kissed hastily

while parting marveled at my longing and my haste.

And separation wonders at my passion and my haste

فمالَ عَنّي بِفيهِ ثُمّ عرّضَ لي

فمالَ عَنّي بِفيهِ ثُمّ عرّضَ لي

خدّا جَرى فيه ماءُ الحسنِ والخَجَلِ

خدّا جَرى فيه ماءُ الحسنِ والخَجَلِ

Then he turned his mouth away from me and offered me

So he turned his mouth from me then turned his cheek to me

a cheek where the waters of beauty and bashfulness flowed.

A cheek where the water of beauty and shyness flowed

فأخْضَلَتْ أدمُعِي توريدَ وجْنَتِهِ

فأخْضَلَتْ أدمُعِي توريدَ وجْنَتِهِ

فزادَ إشراقُ ذاكَ الوردِ بالبللِ

فزادَ إشراقُ ذاكَ الوردِ بالبللِ

My tears drenched the rosy bloom of his cheek,

So my tears watered his rose garden

and that rose’s radiance grew with the wetness.

Increasing the radiance of that rose with the moisture

فارتاعَ من حرِّ أنفاسِي وحرْقةِ اح

فارتاعَ من حرِّ أنفاسِي وحرْقةِ اح

شائِي ونَهْيِيَ فاهُ العذبَ بالقُبلِ

شائِي ونَهْيِيَ فاهُ العذبَ بالقُبلِ

Then he took fright at the heat of my breath and the burning of my

So he shivered from the heat of my breaths and the burning

inmost being, and at my silencing his sweet mouth with kisses.

Of my desire and prohibition, his sweet mouth in kisses

ورَابهُ ما رَأى من رَوْعَتي فبكى

ورَابهُ ما رَأى من رَوْعَتي فبكى

وقالَ لا كانَ ذا توديعَ مُرْتَحِلِ

وقالَ لا كانَ ذا توديعَ مُرْتَحِلِ

What he saw of my alarm troubled him, so he wept,

And what he saw of my pleasure frightened him so he wept

and said, “May this not be the farewell of one departing.”

And said, “If only this were not the farewell of a traveler.”