بِتَاغْزُوتٍ قَدْ غَزَوْنَا العِنَبَا

بِتَاغْزُوتٍ قَدْ غَزَوْنَا العِنَبَا

فَلَمْ نَدَعْ مِنْهُ جَنِيّاً طَيِّبَا

فَلَمْ نَدَعْ مِنْهُ جَنِيّاً طَيِّبَا

At Taghzut, we have raided the grapes;

With Taghzout we invaded the grapes,

In Taghzout, we waged a raid upon the grapes,

so we left no delicious, ripe grape

Leaving no ripe cluster for gleaners,

And spared not a single sweet, ripe fruit among them,

إِلاَّ مَدَدْنَا لِجَنَاهُ سَبَبَا

إِلاَّ مَدَدْنَا لِجَنَاهُ سَبَبَا

أَوْرَاقُهُ تَحْسِبُهُنَّ غَيْهَبَا

أَوْرَاقُهُ تَحْسِبُهُنَّ غَيْهَبَا

without stretching out a cord to pluck it.

But stretching our hands to its boughs,

Without reaching out a means to gather it;

Their leaves—you would take them for deepest darkness,

You would think its leaves the star Suhayl,

Its leaves you would mistake for deepest darkness,

وَهْوَ يَلُوحُ فِي دُجَاهَا شُهُبَا

وَهْوَ يَلُوحُ فِي دُجَاهَا شُهُبَا

while the grapes gleam in their gloom like shooting stars.

As it shone through its shadowy leaves.

While the fruit gleams within their shadows like shooting stars.