ما كانَ لِلحُسنِ قاموسٌ نُراجِعُهُ

ما كانَ لِلحُسنِ قاموسٌ نُراجِعُهُ

لَدى ظُهورِ غَريبٍ ما فَهِمناهُ

لَدى ظُهورِ غَريبٍ ما فَهِمناهُ

Beauty had no dictionary to which we could turn

Beauty had no dictionary we could consult

When something unfamiliar appeared that we could not understand

When something unfamiliar appeared that we did not understand,

حَتّى رَأَيناكَ تَحوي الحُسنَ أَجمَعُهُ

حَتّى رَأَيناكَ تَحوي الحُسنَ أَجمَعُهُ

فَكُنتُ قاموسَنا فيما جَهِلناهُ

فَكُنتُ قاموسَنا فيما جَهِلناهُ

Until we saw you encompassing beauty in its entirety

Until we saw you encompassing beauty in its entirety;

And you became our dictionary for all we had not known

So I became our dictionary for what we did not know.