1. دَعِ الْبَدْرَ فَلْيَغْرُبُ فأنتَ لَنَا بَدْرُ

    إذا ما تَجَلّى مِنْ مَحاسِنِكَ الفَجْرُ

    Leave the full moon—let it set; you are our full moon

    when dawn shines forth from your charms.

  2. إذا مَا انْقَضَى سِحْرُ الذينَ ببَابِلٍ

    فَطَرْفُكَ ليْ سِحْرٌ وَرِيقُكَ لي خَمْرُ

    If the magic of those in Babylon should end,

    then your gaze is magic to me, and your saliva is wine to me.

  3. ولَوْ قِيلَ لي قُمْ فادْعُ أَحْسَنَ مَنْ تَرى

    لَصِحْتُ بَأعلى الصَّوْتِ يا بَكْرُ يا بَكْرُ

    And if I were told, “Rise and call the most beautiful one you see,”

    I would surely cry at the top of my voice, “O Bakr, O Bakr!”