زارتْ على كيْدِ العِدا خِلسَةً

زارتْ على كيْدِ العِدا خِلسَةً

غَريرةٌ وافَت بخلخالِ

غَريرةٌ وافَت بخلخالِ

She visited by stealth, despite the enemies’ scheming—

She visited secretly, despite the enemies’ plotting;

a guileless young woman came, adorned with an anklet.

A guileless maiden came wearing an anklet.

قد صار قلبي بيتَ تمثالها

قد صار قلبي بيتَ تمثالها

وقلبها بَيْتاً لتمثالي

وقلبها بَيْتاً لتمثالي

My heart has become a dwelling for her likeness,

My heart had already become a home for her likeness,

and her heart a dwelling for my likeness,

And her heart a home for my likeness.

حتى تعانقنا عِناقَ اللقَا

حتى تعانقنا عِناقَ اللقَا

مَعْ فرط تضييق وإِقبالِ

مَعْ فرط تضييق وإِقبالِ

until we embraced in reunion’s embrace,

Until we embraced in the embrace of reunion,

pressing close beyond measure, ardently drawing near.

With utmost tightness and eagerness.

حَسِبْتَنا صرْنا لتضييقِهِ

حَسِبْتَنا صرْنا لتضييقِهِ

نحنُ وَشخصانا على حالِ

نحنُ وَشخصانا على حالِ

You would have taken us for one idol, so tightly were we pressed—

You would have thought that, from its tightness, we had become—

there we were, our two figures in one and the same pose.

We and our two forms—alike in state.