أفدي الذي زرته بالسيف مشتملا

أفدي الذي زرته بالسيف مشتملا

ولحظ عينيه أمضى من مضاربه

ولحظ عينيه أمضى من مضاربه

I would give my life for the one I visited, girt with a sword;

I sacrificed myself for the one I visited with sword in hand

and the glance of his eyes was keener than its cutting edges.

And the glance of his eyes was sharper than his blades

فما خلعت نجادي للعناق له

فما خلعت نجادي للعناق له

حتى لبست نجاداً من ذوائبه

حتى لبست نجاداً من ذوائبه

No sooner had I removed my baldric to embrace him

Yet I did not take off my necklace to embrace him

than I donned a baldric made of his locks.

Until I wore a necklace of his tresses

فكان أسعدنا في نيل بغيته

فكان أسعدنا في نيل بغيته

من كان في الحب أشقانا بصاحبه

من كان في الحب أشقانا بصاحبه

So the happiest of us in attaining his desire was

Thus he who tormented us the most with his beloved

he who, in love, was the most wretched of us because of his companion.

Was the happiest of us in attaining his desire