أحبسنا الكرب اجساها

أحبسنا الكرب اجساها

وأسالا الدار اسألاها

وأسالا الدار اسألاها

Distress held us captive; [the final word is unclear].

Sorrow besieged us, so we overcame it,

And [apparently: ask] the dwelling, you two—ask it.

And asked the house, so we asked it,

دمية أن جليت كا

دمية أن جليت كا

نت حلى الحسن حلاها

نت حلى الحسن حلاها

A statue: when unveiled, she was—

My doll, when you appeared as if

—adorned with beauty’s own adornments.

You were the adornment of beauty, adorned with it,

دمية تسقيك عينا

دمية تسقيك عينا

ها كما تسقي يداها

ها كما تسقي يداها

A statue whose eyes give you drink,

My doll gives you her eyes,

just as her hands give drink.

As her hands give you to drink,

ومجاري يرك يجلو

ومجاري يرك يجلو

همومي مجتلاها

همومي مجتلاها

And the watercourses—[unclear wording]—dispel

And your saliva flows clearly,

my cares when I behold them.

He gathered my worries for her,

حلب بدر دجا ان

حلب بدر دجا ان

مها الزهر قراها

مها الزهر قراها

Aleppo is a full moon in darkness; its [stars, apparently]—

Aleppo is like a full moon when

—are its radiant villages.

It adorns itself with flowers,

شهوات الطرف فيه

شهوات الطرف فيه

فوق ما كان اشتهاها

فوق ما كان اشتهاها

In it are delights for the eye,

The desires of the eye in it

beyond what it had desired.

Above what he had desired,

وهي تبر منتهاها

وهي تبر منتهاها

فضة قرطمتاها

فضة قرطمتاها

And she—her farthest reach is gold;

And it shows its superior status,

her two qartamas [meaning unclear] are silver.

Its two silver earrings.