أَدامَ اللَّهُ أَيامَ الوِصَالِ

أَدامَ اللَّهُ أَيامَ الوِصَالِ

وَخَلَّدَ عُمْرَ هَاتِيكَ اللَّيالي

وَخَلَّدَ عُمْرَ هَاتِيكَ اللَّيالي

May God prolong the days of union,

May God prolong the days of union

And grant those nights everlasting life,

And make immortal the life of those nights

وَأَسْبَغَ ظِلَّ أَغْصانِ التَّداني

وَأَسْبَغَ ظِلَّ أَغْصانِ التَّداني

وَزَادَ قُدُودَها حُسْنَ اعْتِدالِ

وَزَادَ قُدُودَها حُسْنَ اعْتِدالِ

And spread wide the shade of the boughs of closeness,

And extend the shade of the branches of proximity

And make their forms more beautifully proportioned.

And increase their curvature with excellent balance

وَلا زالتْ ثِمَارُ الأنسِ فِيهَا

وَلا زالتْ ثِمَارُ الأنسِ فِيهَا

تَزيدُ لطافةً في كُلّ حالِ

تَزيدُ لطافةً في كُلّ حالِ

And may the fruits of companionship there never cease

And the fruits of intimacy in them continue

To grow more delightful in every circumstance.

To increase in delicacy in every state

وَلا بَرِحَتْ لَنَا فيها عُيونٌ

وَلا بَرِحَتْ لَنَا فيها عُيونٌ

تُغازِلُ مُقْلتي خَشْفِ الغَزَالِ

تُغازِلُ مُقْلتي خَشْفِ الغَزَالِ

And may eyes always remain there for us,

And eyes for us in them have not ceased

Flirting with the eyes of a gazelle fawn.

To flirt with my eyelids, shy as a gazelle

لَقَدْ مَرَّتْ لَنَا فيها ليالٍ

لَقَدْ مَرَّتْ لَنَا فيها ليالٍ

كَأَنَّ نِظَامَهَا عِقْدُ اللآلي

كَأَنَّ نِظَامَهَا عِقْدُ اللآلي

Indeed, nights passed for us there,

Nights have passed for us in them

As though their sequence were a necklace of pearls.

As if their structure were a necklace of pearls

أَقَمْنَا في جَنَابِ أَميرِ حُسْنٍ

أَقَمْنَا في جَنَابِ أَميرِ حُسْنٍ

عُقِدْنَ عَليهِ أَلوِيَةُ الجَمالِ

عُقِدْنَ عَليهِ أَلوِيَةُ الجَمالِ

We dwelt in the court of a prince of beauty,

We stayed in the protection of the prince of beauty

Over whom the banners of beauty were raised.

Around him fluttered the banners of perfection