سلاماً أَلَذّ مِن السَّلسبيل

سلاماً أَلَذّ مِن السَّلسبيل

وأَحْلاَ مِنَ الوصْلِ بعد الصدودِ

وأَحْلاَ مِنَ الوصْلِ بعد الصدودِ

A greeting more delightful than Salsabil,

Greetings sweeter than honeyed drink

And sweeter than reunion after estrangement,

And more delightful than reunion after estrangement

كَعَوْدِ الشّبابِ ورشْفِ الرّضابِ

كَعَوْدِ الشّبابِ ورشْفِ الرّضابِ

وكَسْر الجفونِ وضمّ القدودِ

وكَسْر الجفونِ وضمّ القدودِ

Like youth’s return and sipping the lips’ moisture,

Like the sapling of youth and the spray of meadows

And lowering the eyelids and embracing slender forms.

And the breaking of eyelids and the drawing together of cheeks