يُؤمِّلُ المملوكُ مملوكَه

يُؤمِّلُ المملوكُ مملوكَه

تبدُّلَ الوحشةِ بالأُنسِ

تبدُّلَ الوحشةِ بالأُنسِ

The servant hopes for a slave of his own,

The slave hopes for his freedom

for loneliness to give way to companionship.

Loneliness turns into companionship

تُخرجُهُ من ليلِ وسواسهِ

تُخرجُهُ من ليلِ وسواسهِ

بطلعةٍ تشرقُ كالشّمسِ

بطلعةٍ تشرقُ كالشّمسِ

She will draw him out of the night of his obsessive thoughts

It takes him out of the night of worry

with a countenance that shines like the sun.

With a sunrise shining like the sun

فوحدةُ الغربةِ قد حرَّكتْ

فوحدةُ الغربةِ قد حرَّكتْ

سواكنَ البلبالِ والمسِّ

سواكنَ البلبالِ والمسِّ

For the loneliness of exile has stirred

So the loneliness of exile has stirred

anguish and madness that lay dormant.

The nightingales and beauty

فلا تدعْ يهدمُ شيطانَهُ

فلا تدعْ يهدمُ شيطانَهُ

ما أَحكمَ التقوى من الأُسِّ

ما أَحكمَ التقوى من الأُسِّ

So do not let his devil destroy

Do not let your devil destroy

the foundation piety has made firm.

What faith has firmly built

فَوَقِّعِ اليومَ بمطلوبهِ

فَوَقِّعِ اليومَ بمطلوبهِ

مما سَبَى الأَسطولُ بالأَمسِ

مما سَبَى الأَسطولُ بالأَمسِ

So sign today to grant his request,

Sign today to grant his request

from what the fleet took captive yesterday.

Of what your ships seized yesterday

لا زلتَ وهّاباً لما حازَهُ

لا زلتَ وهّاباً لما حازَهُ

سيفُكَ من حورٍ ومنْ لُعْسِ

سيفُكَ من حورٍ ومنْ لُعْسِ

May you ever give freely of what has been won

You are still the Giver of what it obtained

by your sword—dark-eyed and dusky-lipped women.

By your sword of maidens and booty

وإنّني آملُ من بعدِها

وإنّني آملُ من بعدِها

كرائمَ السّبي منَ القُدسِ

كرائمَ السّبي منَ القُدسِ

And after her, I hope for

And I hope after it

noble women among the captives from Jerusalem.

For the noble captives of Jerusalem