شِفاءُ ما لَيسَ لَهُ شِفاءُ

شِفاءُ ما لَيسَ لَهُ شِفاءُ

عَذراءُ تَختالُ بِها عَذراءُ

عَذراءُ تَختالُ بِها عَذراءُ

A cure for what has no cure:

A cure for what has no cure

A virgin wine with which a maiden struts.

A maiden flaunts her maidenhood

حَتّى إِذا ما كُشِفَ الغِطاءُ

حَتّى إِذا ما كُشِفَ الغِطاءُ

وَمَلَكَت أَحلامَنا الصَهباءُ

وَمَلَكَت أَحلامَنا الصَهباءُ

Until, when the covering was lifted,

Until the veil is lifted

And the tawny wine possessed our minds,

And our white dreams take over

وَخَطبَ الريحَ إِلَينا الماءُ

وَخَطبَ الريحَ إِلَينا الماءُ

جَرى لَنا الدَهرُ بِما نَشاءُ

جَرى لَنا الدَهرُ بِما نَشاءُ

And water asked us for the wind’s hand,

And the wind courts water for us

Time flowed for us as we wished.

Time flows as we desire