أهديته سمكا يصطاد ودك لي

أهديته سمكا يصطاد ودك لي

فليس ذا سمكاً لكنه شبك

فليس ذا سمكاً لكنه شبك

I gave him fish to catch your affection for me.

I offered him a fish that catches my love for him

So this is not fish, but a net.

Yet it is no fish but a net

لا تنكر التمر إذ يهدى إلى هجر

لا تنكر التمر إذ يهدى إلى هجر

فأنت بحرٌ وقد أهدى لك السمك

فأنت بحرٌ وقد أهدى لك السمك

Do not object to dates when they are offered to Hajar;

Do not deny the dates when they are gifted to desertion

for you are a sea, and fish have been offered to you.

For you are an ocean and I have gifted you the fish