ظَلومٌ قَد رَأَيناها

ظَلومٌ قَد رَأَيناها

فَلَم نَرَ مِثلَها بَشَرا

فَلَم نَرَ مِثلَها بَشَرا

Ẓalūm, the cruel one—we have seen her,

Zalum—we have indeed seen her,

yet never have we seen a mortal like her.

and have seen no mortal like her.

يَزيدُكَ وَجهُها حُسناً

يَزيدُكَ وَجهُها حُسناً

إِذا ما زِدتَهُ نَظَرا

إِذا ما زِدتَهُ نَظَرا

Her face grows ever more beautiful to you

Her face grows lovelier to you

the longer you gaze upon it.

the more you gaze upon it.

إِذا ما اللَّيلُ سالَ عَلَي

إِذا ما اللَّيلُ سالَ عَلَي

كِ بِالظَلماءِ وَاِعتَكَرا

كِ بِالظَلماءِ وَاِعتَكَرا

When night flows down upon—

When the night flows over

you in black darkness and grows dense,

you with darkness and grows murky,

وَدَجَّ فَلَم يَكُن قَمَرٌ

وَدَجَّ فَلَم يَكُن قَمَرٌ

فَأَبرِزها تَكُن قَمَرا

فَأَبرِزها تَكُن قَمَرا

and turns pitch-dark, with no moon,

and turns pitch-black, with no moon,

then bring her forth—she will be a moon.

then bring her forth, and she will be a moon.