زُرْ بناتِ القسوس في ديرِ هِنَّهْ

زُرْ بناتِ القسوس في ديرِ هِنَّهْ

وارتشفْ خمرهنَّ من يدِهِنَّهْ

وارتشفْ خمرهنَّ من يدِهِنَّهْ

Visit the priests’ daughters at the monastery of Hinnah.

Visit the daughters of priests in the monastery of Hinnah

And sip their wine from their hands.

And drink their wine from their hands

وادخل الحان حان وصلك للغي

وادخل الحان حان وصلك للغي

د اللواتي أعربن في لحنهنَّهْ

د اللواتي أعربن في لحنهنَّهْ

And enter the tavern: the time has come for your union with the graceful

And enter every tavern that brings you to the beloved

Maidens who spoke clearly in their melody.

Who spoke eloquently in their melody

هن أصل الهوى وما هام يوماً

هن أصل الهوى وما هام يوماً

ذو الهوى في الأنام إلا بهنَّهْ

ذو الهوى في الأنام إلا بهنَّهْ

They are the source of love; never has a lover been enraptured

They are the origin of passion, and no passionate one

Among humankind, except by them.

Has ever become passionate among people except through them

كل هيفاء بالتبسم تحيي

كل هيفاء بالتبسم تحيي

وتميتُ المشوق وجداً وحنَّهْ

وتميتُ المشوق وجداً وحنَّهْ

Every slender-waisted maiden gives life with a smile,

Each beautiful one greets with a smile

And slays the yearning lover with ardor and longing.

And I die of yearning, sorrow and longing

إن أشارت إلى الكيان أبانت

إن أشارت إلى الكيان أبانت

عنه أو لا فإنه في أكِنَّهْ

عنه أو لا فإنه في أكِنَّهْ

If she points toward existence, she reveals

If she gestures to the soul, she reveals it

It; otherwise, it remains behind veils.

Or not, for it is in her protection

وإذا ما دعت أجبنا حيارى

وإذا ما دعت أجبنا حيارى

بنفوس في حبها مطمئنَّهْ

بنفوس في حبها مطمئنَّهْ

And whenever she calls, we answer, bewildered,

And if she invites us, we respond confused

With souls at peace in loving her.

With souls in love with her reassured

فق نديمي من نوم عقلك واركع

فق نديمي من نوم عقلك واركع

لغواني الوجود واسجد لَهُنَّهْ

لغواني الوجود واسجد لَهُنَّهْ

Awake, my drinking companion, from your reason’s sleep, and bow

Wake my friend from the sleep of your mind and bow down

To the beauties of existence, and prostrate yourself before them.

To the idols of existence and prostrate to them

وتأمل ما أنت فيه بعين

وتأمل ما أنت فيه بعين

ربطتها مِلاحُها بالأَعِنَّهْ

ربطتها مِلاحُها بالأَعِنَّهْ

And contemplate what you are in with an eye

And observe what you are in with an eye

Whose beauties have bound it with reins.

That their beauty has chained to the iris

واستمع رنة المزاهر تبدو

واستمع رنة المزاهر تبدو

من خلال الستور أكمل رَنَّهْ

من خلال الستور أكمل رَنَّهْ

And listen to the ringing of the lutes, emerging

And listen to the humming of flowers that appears

Through the curtains—the most perfect sound.

Through the veils, most melodious

هذه هذه سعادة قومٍ

هذه هذه سعادة قومٍ

عملهم في الصدور لم يتسنَّهْ

عملهم في الصدور لم يتسنَّهْ

This, this is the happiness of a people

This, this is the happiness of a people

Whose work within their breasts has not decayed with time.

Whose deeds in the chests have not been facilitated