وأغنّ قد جعلَ الكنائسَ منزلا

وأغنّ قد جعلَ الكنائسَ منزلا

ومثالُه تَخِذَ الكِناسَ قرارا

ومثالُه تَخِذَ الكِناسَ قرارا

And a soft-voiced youth has made the churches his home,

and his counterpart has taken the gazelle's covert as its abode.

متنصرٌ حتى الجمالُ بوجهه

متنصرٌ حتى الجمالُ بوجهه

فلذاك شدّ عِذارهُ زُنّارا

فلذاك شدّ عِذارهُ زُنّارا

Even the beauty in his face has turned Christian;

and so it has bound his cheek-down as a Christian girdle.