لَئِن كُنتَ في السِنِّ تِربَ الهِلالِ

لَئِن كُنتَ في السِنِّ تِربَ الهِلالِ

لَقَد فُقتَ في الحُسنِ بَدرَ الكَمالِ

لَقَد فُقتَ في الحُسنِ بَدرَ الكَمالِ

Though in age you are the crescent moon's peer,

Though you may be young as the crescent moon

in beauty you have indeed surpassed the moon at its fullest.

In beauty you shine bright as the full moon

أَما وَالَّذي نَكَّدَ الحَظَّ فِيَّ

أَما وَالَّذي نَكَّدَ الحَظَّ فِيَّ

دُنُوُّ المَكانِ بِبُعدِ المَنالِ

دُنُوُّ المَكانِ بِبُعدِ المَنالِ

Ah, by what has embittered my fortune:

By Him who has saddened my fate

nearness of place, yet remoteness of attainment—

The nearness of place cannot replace the farness of attainment

لَقَد بَلَّغَتني دَواعي هَواكَ

لَقَد بَلَّغَتني دَواعي هَواكَ

إِلى غايَةٍ ما جَرَت لي بِبالِ

إِلى غايَةٍ ما جَرَت لي بِبالِ

the promptings of love for you have indeed brought me

The promptings of your love have carried me

to a point that never crossed my mind.

To limits beyond what occurred to me

فَقُل لِلهَوى يَجرِ مِلءَ العِنانِ

فَقُل لِلهَوى يَجرِ مِلءَ العِنانِ

فَمَيدانُ قَلبي رَحيبُ المَجالِ

فَمَيدانُ قَلبي رَحيبُ المَجالِ

So bid love run at full rein,

So say to passion to hold the reins slack

for my heart's arena has ample room to roam.

For the field of my heart is open and vast