1. ربيعك ريحان وورد ونرجس

    ووجهك فجر صبحه يتنفس

    Your spring is sweet basil, roses, and narcissus.

    And your face is dawn, its morning breathing.

  2. وعيناك يا نور العيون جداول

    على جانبيها طاب للحسن مغرس

    And your eyes, O light of the eyes, are streams,

    Along whose banks beauty has a lovely place to take root.

  3. وثغرك درّ والدّراري كثيرة

    ولكنه ما لا يباع ويلبس

    And your mouth is pearl—and shining stars are many,

    Yet it is something neither sold nor worn.

  4. وقدك غصن لا تميل به الصب

    ولكنه من ذاته يتميس

    And your figure is a bough the east wind does not sway,

    Yet it sways gracefully of its own accord.

  5. لأرواحنا في الغيب قبل لقائن

    لقاء لطيف للجوانح مؤنس

    Our souls had, in the unseen, before we met,

    A tender encounter that brought comfort to the hearts.

  6. فلما تلاقينا على غير موعد

    وحيت بأهلا طاب للنفس مجلس

    Then, when we met without an appointment,

    And she greeted me with 'Welcome,' the gathering was sweet to the soul.

  7. رنا نحوها الطرف المدله خلسة

    ويا لعذاب الطرف إذ يتخلس

    The love-bewildered eye gazed toward her furtively,

    And oh, the eye's torment as it steals glances!

  8. ويا لعذاب القلب من لوعة الجوى

    إذا ظل منها خائفاً يتوجس

    And oh, the heart's torment from love's burning anguish,

    When it remains afraid of her, filled with apprehension.

  9. أقدس شأن الحب في كل موطن

    ولا خير في قلب له لا يقدس

    I hold the dignity of love sacred in every place,

    And there is no good in a heart that does not revere it.

  10. به عرف الناس السماحة والفد

    وحسن الثنا من فيضه يتبجس

    Through it, people came to know generosity and self-sacrifice,

    And beautiful praise gushes forth from its overflow.

  11. فلما نهلنا من معين فراته

    غدونا بآيات البيان ندرس

    Then, when we drank from its spring of sweet water,

    We began to study the verses of eloquence.

  12. هو الحب إكسير الحياة ولا تسل

    فأرواحنا من نفحه تتنفس

    It is love, the elixir of life—do not ask,

    For our souls draw breath from its fragrant breeze.