رأيت كأن خدك فوق زندي

رأيت كأن خدك فوق زندي

وورد الخد عبقني شميمه

وورد الخد عبقني شميمه

I saw your cheek as though it lay upon my forearm.

Your cheeks appeared above my wrists,

And your cheek’s rose perfumed me with its fragrance.

And the rose's fragrance wafted its scent.

فيا يقظان خذ خبرا جديدا

فيا يقظان خذ خبرا جديدا

يؤمل منك احسانا قديمه

يؤمل منك احسانا قديمه

So, O wakeful one, receive a new report,

So wake up, for I have new tidings -

Whose old counterpart hopes for kindness from you.

I hope for your kindness of old.

فوجهك روض حسن فيه ورد

فوجهك روض حسن فيه ورد

بعيد الروح للمضنى نسيمه

بعيد الروح للمضنى نسيمه

For your face is a garden of beauty, with roses within it.

For your face is a garden of beauty and roses

Its breeze’s solace is distant for the languishing one.

With a life-giving breeze for my sorrowful soul.