أَتُؤثِرُ أَن تَنَزَّهَ في رِياضٍ

أَتُؤثِرُ أَن تَنَزَّهَ في رِياضٍ

تَفوقُ بِحُسنِها جَناتِ عَدنِ

تَفوقُ بِحُسنِها جَناتِ عَدنِ

Would you prefer to stroll in gardens

Do you prefer strolling in gardens

That surpass the gardens of Eden in beauty?

That surpass in beauty the gardens of Eden

خُذِ المِرآةَ تَنظُر مِنكَ وَجهاً

خُذِ المِرآةَ تَنظُر مِنكَ وَجهاً

حَباكَ اللَهُ فيهِ بِكُلِّ حُسنِ

حَباكَ اللَهُ فيهِ بِكُلِّ حُسنِ

Take the mirror, and you will see your own face,

Take the mirror and look at a face from you

In which God has endowed you with every beauty.

God has blessed it with all beauty

وَأَرجو أَن تَرِقَّ لِعاشِقَيهِ

وَأَرجو أَن تَرِقَّ لِعاشِقَيهِ

فَتُقلِعَ عَن صُدودِكَ وَالتَجَنّي

فَتُقلِعَ عَن صُدودِكَ وَالتَجَنّي

And I hope you will be tender toward its two lovers,

And I hope you will soften to my lover

And so cease your shunning and unjust reproaches.

So you give up your aloofness and coyness

وَأَخشى أَن تَزيدَ عَلَيَّ تيهاً

وَأَخشى أَن تَزيدَ عَلَيَّ تيهاً

وَإِعراضاً بِهِ فَتَصُدَّ عَنّي

وَإِعراضاً بِهِ فَتَصُدَّ عَنّي

And I fear you will grow more haughty toward me,

And I fear you will increase my bewilderment

And more aloof because of it, and turn away from me.

And disdain with it, so you turn away from me