1. People heard and we said,
We were exposed and we relaxed.
١. سَمِعَ الناسُ وَقُلنا
وَاِفتَضَحنا وَاِستَرَحنا
2. The full moon is my companion,
So we did and we refrained.
٢. بِتُّ وَالبَدرُ نَديمي
فَفَعَلنا وَتَرَكنا
3. He called us to reconcile,
So we heard and obeyed.
٣. راحَ يَدعونا التَصابي
فَسَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا
4. And we made it a certainty,
After it had been a guess.
٤. وَجَعَلناهُ يَقيناً
بَعدَما قَد كانَ ظَنّا
5. God thanked those who brought
Good tidings and gentled.
٥. شَكَرَ اللَهُ لِمَن بَشَّ
رَ بِالوَصلِ وَهَنّا
6. I have a beloved who
Grants my every wish.
٦. لي حَبيبٌ لِيَ مِنهُ
كُلُّ شَيءٍ أَتَمَنّى
7. He is a moon shining,
And a branch bending.
٧. فَهوَ بَدرٌ يَتَجَلّى
وَهُوَ غُصنٌ يَتَثَنّى
8. He was angry but when
We met we made up.
٨. كانَ غَضباناً فَلَمّا
أَن تَلاقَينا اِصطَلَحنا
9. He is gentle and by my life,
He deserves to be gentle.
٩. يَتَجَنّى وَلَعَمري
حَقُّهُ أَن يَتَجَنّى
10. He combines beauty and in him
Is beauty of another kind.
١٠. جَمَعَ الحُسنَ وَفيهِ
غَيرُ ذاكَ الحُسنِ مَعنى
11. One who has a beloved like mine
Has encompassed beauty and blessing.
١١. مَن لَهُ مِثلُ حَبيبي
قَد حَوى حُسناً وَحُسنى
12. Tell me and say to me,
What blame is on us from the critic?
١٢. هاتِ حَدِّثني وَقُل لي
ما عَلى العاذِلِ مِنّا
13. We do not ask about him,
Why does he ask about us?
١٣. نَحنُ لا نَسأَلُ عَنهُ
ما لَهُ يَسأَلُ عَنّا