كُفيتَ في البَدرِ اِنتِكاسَ الهِلالْ

كُفيتَ في البَدرِ اِنتِكاسَ الهِلالْ

وَدامَ شَمسي مِنهُ وَرْفُ الظِلالْ

وَدامَ شَمسي مِنهُ وَرْفُ الظِلالْ

May you, a full moon, be spared a relapse to a crescent.

The crescent moon receded in the full moon

And may my sun endure, with his ample shade.

And my sun lasted, shaded by shadows

ما جَنَتِ الحَمى عَلى وَردِهِ

ما جَنَتِ الحَمى عَلى وَردِهِ

وَإِنَّما الوَردُ سَريعُ المَلال

وَإِنَّما الوَردُ سَريعُ المَلال

The fever did his rose no harm;

The fever did not affect its roses

And the rose is merely quick to tire.

For roses quickly wilt

لي خَلَفٌ لِلخَدِّ مِن وَردِهِ

لي خَلَفٌ لِلخَدِّ مِن وَردِهِ

وَردٌ بِهِ يُسقى بِماءٍ زُلال

وَردٌ بِهِ يُسقى بِماءٍ زُلال

For the cheek, I have a replacement for its rose:

I have a replacement for the cheek's rose

A rose watered there with crystal-clear water.

A rose that is watered with pure water

أَنا شِمالٌ أَنتَ يُمنى لَها

أَنا شِمالٌ أَنتَ يُمنى لَها

لا أَعدَمَ اللَهُ يَميني الشِمال

لا أَعدَمَ اللَهُ يَميني الشِمال

I am a left hand; you are its right.

I am the left, you are the right for it

May God never deprive my right hand of the left.

May God not deprive my left of the right

قَد اِدَّعى لِلسُقمِ مِن بَعدِ ما

قَد اِدَّعى لِلسُقمِ مِن بَعدِ ما

قَد صَحَّ عَن عِلمي وَماذا حَلال

قَد صَحَّ عَن عِلمي وَماذا حَلال

He has laid claim to illness, after

After recovering, he claimed to be sick

He had recovered, to my knowledge—and this is not permissible.

Though I know well, what is right and what is not

بِالأَمسِ قَد كُنتَ مَريضَ الضَنى

بِالأَمسِ قَد كُنتَ مَريضَ الضَنى

وَاليَومَ أَصبَحتَ مَريضَ الدَلال

وَاليَومَ أَصبَحتَ مَريضَ الدَلال

Yesterday you were ill with wasting sickness;

Yesterday you were sick with melancholy

And today you have become ill with coyness.

Today you are sick with coquetry