سَمِعَ الناسُ وَقُلنا

سَمِعَ الناسُ وَقُلنا

وَاِفتَضَحنا وَاِستَرَحنا

وَاِفتَضَحنا وَاِستَرَحنا

The people heard, and we spoke.

People heard and we said,

And we were exposed, and found relief.

We were exposed and we relaxed.

بِتُّ وَالبَدرُ نَديمي

بِتُّ وَالبَدرُ نَديمي

فَفَعَلنا وَتَرَكنا

فَفَعَلنا وَتَرَكنا

I spent the night, the full moon my drinking companion;

The full moon is my companion,

so we did this and left that undone.

So we did and we refrained.

راحَ يَدعونا التَصابي

راحَ يَدعونا التَصابي

فَسَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا

فَسَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا

Youthful dalliance began to beckon us,

He called us to reconcile,

so we listened and obeyed.

So we heard and obeyed.

وَجَعَلناهُ يَقيناً

وَجَعَلناهُ يَقيناً

بَعدَما قَد كانَ ظَنّا

بَعدَما قَد كانَ ظَنّا

And we made it a certainty,

And we made it a certainty,

after it had been mere conjecture.

After it had been a guess.

شَكَرَ اللَهُ لِمَن بَشَّ

شَكَرَ اللَهُ لِمَن بَشَّ

رَ بِالوَصلِ وَهَنّا

رَ بِالوَصلِ وَهَنّا

May God reward whoever brought

God thanked those who brought

glad tidings of union and offered congratulations.

Good tidings and gentled.

لي حَبيبٌ لِيَ مِنهُ

لي حَبيبٌ لِيَ مِنهُ

كُلُّ شَيءٍ أَتَمَنّى

كُلُّ شَيءٍ أَتَمَنّى

I have a beloved; from him I have

I have a beloved who

everything I wish for.

Grants my every wish.

فَهوَ بَدرٌ يَتَجَلّى

فَهوَ بَدرٌ يَتَجَلّى

وَهُوَ غُصنٌ يَتَثَنّى

وَهُوَ غُصنٌ يَتَثَنّى

For he is a full moon shining forth,

He is a moon shining,

and he is a bough that sways.

And a branch bending.

كانَ غَضباناً فَلَمّا

كانَ غَضباناً فَلَمّا

أَن تَلاقَينا اِصطَلَحنا

أَن تَلاقَينا اِصطَلَحنا

He was angry, but when

He was angry but when

we met, we made peace.

We met we made up.

يَتَجَنّى وَلَعَمري

يَتَجَنّى وَلَعَمري

حَقُّهُ أَن يَتَجَنّى

حَقُّهُ أَن يَتَجَنّى

He finds fault without cause, and, by my life,

He is gentle and by my life,

it is his right to find fault without cause.

He deserves to be gentle.

جَمَعَ الحُسنَ وَفيهِ

جَمَعَ الحُسنَ وَفيهِ

غَيرُ ذاكَ الحُسنِ مَعنى

غَيرُ ذاكَ الحُسنِ مَعنى

He embodies beauty, and within him

He combines beauty and in him

lies a quality besides that beauty.

Is beauty of another kind.

مَن لَهُ مِثلُ حَبيبي

مَن لَهُ مِثلُ حَبيبي

قَد حَوى حُسناً وَحُسنى

قَد حَوى حُسناً وَحُسنى

Whoever has one like my beloved

One who has a beloved like mine

has gained beauty and goodness.

Has encompassed beauty and blessing.

هاتِ حَدِّثني وَقُل لي

هاتِ حَدِّثني وَقُل لي

ما عَلى العاذِلِ مِنّا

ما عَلى العاذِلِ مِنّا

Come, speak to me and tell me:

Tell me and say to me,

what has the reproacher to do with us?

What blame is on us from the critic?

نَحنُ لا نَسأَلُ عَنهُ

نَحنُ لا نَسأَلُ عَنهُ

ما لَهُ يَسأَلُ عَنّا

ما لَهُ يَسأَلُ عَنّا

We do not ask about him;

We do not ask about him,

why does he ask about us?

Why does he ask about us?