1. She rose before me like the moon
Rising at dawn, a morning
١. طالعَتْني كطُلوعِ ال
بَدْرِ في وَجْهِ الصَّباحِ
2. Under the veil of night,
And called me to be whole.
٢. كَصَباحٍ تَحْتَ لَيْلٍ
وَدَعَتْني لاصْطِباحِ
3. So we answered without restraint,
Abandoning rectitude,
٣. فَأَجَبْناها بِلا مَنْ
عٍ إِلى تَرْكِ الصَّلاحِ
4. And reached her, for who can refrain
From joining the salt to the sweet?
٤. وَوَصَلْناها وَمَنْ يَصْ
بِرُ عَنْ وَصْلِ المِلاحِ