أَجابَ اللَهُ داعيكِ

أَجابَ اللَهُ داعيكِ

وَعادى مَن يُعاديكِ

وَعادى مَن يُعاديكِ

May God answer whoever prays for you,

May God answer the one who prays for you,

and oppose whoever is hostile to you.

and be an enemy to whoever is hostile to you.

كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ وَالبَدرَ

كَأَنَّ الشَمسَ وَالبَدرَ

جَميعاً في تَراقيكِ

جَميعاً في تَراقيكِ

It is as though the sun and the full moon

It is as though the sun and the full moon

had come together at your collarbones.

were together at your collarbones.

وَفي فيكِ جَنى النَحلُ

وَفي فيكِ جَنى النَحلُ

وَما أَحلاهُ مِن فيكِ

وَما أَحلاهُ مِن فيكِ

And in your mouth lies the bees’ harvest—honey;

And in your mouth is the bees’ harvest,

how sweet it is, coming from your mouth!

and how sweet it is from your mouth!

وَقَد شاعَ بِأَنَّ الخَز

وَقَد شاعَ بِأَنَّ الخَز

زَ يُؤذيكِ وَيُدميكِ

زَ يُؤذيكِ وَيُدميكِ

And word has spread that silk itself

And word has spread that silk cloth

hurts you and makes you bleed.

hurts you and makes you bleed.

وَما تَدرينَ مِن ذَلِ

وَما تَدرينَ مِن ذَلِ

كَ أَسماءَ جَواريكِ

كَ أَسماءَ جَواريكِ

Yet, for all this, you cannot tell

And of such things you do not know

the names of your own handmaids,

the names of your maidservants,

وَلا فاخِتَةَ النَخلِ

وَلا فاخِتَةَ النَخلِ

مِنَ الطاوّسِ وَالديكِ

مِنَ الطاوّسِ وَالديكِ

nor a palm-tree dove

nor can you tell the dove of the palms

from peacock or cock.

from the peacock and the rooster.

تَعالى اللَهُ ما أَحسَ

تَعالى اللَهُ ما أَحسَ

نَ ما بَرّاكِ باريكِ

نَ ما بَرّاكِ باريكِ

Glory be to God—how beautifully

Exalted is God! How beautiful

your Maker fashioned you!

is the way your Maker fashioned you!