1. Rise, my lad, to her fragrance, and bring it here
Before the dawn spreads across the horizons,
١. قُمْ يا غُلامُ إِلى الشَّمولِ فَهاتِها
قَبْلَ انْتِشارِ الصُّبْحِ في الآفاقِ
2. It's as if it were a sun, lighting up the gloom,
Or moonbeams changed into a leg.
٢. فَكأَنَّها شَمْسٌ تُنِيرُ بِها الدُّجى
وكأَنَّهُ قَمَرٌ تَحَوَّلَ ساقِ
3. If my sustenance were from the sweetness of her embrace
I wouldn't envy you your livelihood.
٣. لَوْ كانَ رِزْقي مِنْ لَذيذِ عِناقِهِ
مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكُمْ عَلى الأَرْزاقِ