أَوَدُّ لِعَينَيكِ نورَ الهِلالِ

أَوَدُّ لِعَينَيكِ نورَ الهِلالِ

يُنارُ بِهِ الحَلكُ الأَدهَمُ

يُنارُ بِهِ الحَلكُ الأَدهَمُ

I wish for your eyes the crescent moon’s light,

I wish for your eyes the light of the crescent moon,

By which the deepest blackness is illumined;

By which the pitch-black darkness is illumined;

وَلِلشِّعرِ مِنك سَوادَ الظَلامِ

وَلِلشِّعرِ مِنك سَوادَ الظَلامِ

يَضلُّ بِهِ العاشِقُ المُغرَمُ

يَضلُّ بِهِ العاشِقُ المُغرَمُ

And for your hair, the blackness of night,

And for your hair, the blackness of darkness,

In which the enamored lover loses his way.

By which the enamored lover loses his way.

أَوَدُّ لِقَلبِكِ حُبّاً شَريفاً

أَوَدُّ لِقَلبِكِ حُبّاً شَريفاً

فَيَرحَمُ حُبّي وَلا يَظلُمُ

فَيَرحَمُ حُبّي وَلا يَظلُمُ

I wish for your heart a noble love,

I wish for your heart a noble love,

That would show mercy to my love and not wrong it;

So it may have mercy on my love and do it no wrong;

وَلِلنَّفسِ مِنكِ إِباءً وَحلماً

وَلِلنَّفسِ مِنكِ إِباءً وَحلماً

إِذا ما رَأَت مُذنِباً تَحلمُ

إِذا ما رَأَت مُذنِباً تَحلمُ

And for your soul, dignity and forbearance,

And for your soul, dignity and forbearance,

So whenever it sees a sinner, it shows clemency.

So it shows forbearance whenever it sees a sinner.

أَوَدُّ لِرجلِكِ لَيلَ الوجودِ

أَوَدُّ لِرجلِكِ لَيلَ الوجودِ

حِذاءً مَساميرُهُ الأَنجُمُ

حِذاءً مَساميرُهُ الأَنجُمُ

I wish for your foot the night of existence,

I wish for your foot the night of existence,

As a shoe whose hobnails are the stars,

As a shoe whose nails are the stars,

لَكيما إِذا دستِ صَدرِيَ يَوماً

لَكيما إِذا دستِ صَدرِيَ يَوماً

تنارُ بِداخِلِهِ الأَعظُمُ

تنارُ بِداخِلِهِ الأَعظُمُ

So that if one day you tread upon my breast,

So that, if you tread upon my chest one day,

The bones within it may be illumined.

The bones within it may be illumined.