تكاملت المسرة لي وأبدت

تكاملت المسرة لي وأبدت

ليّ الأوقات أفراحاً وأنسا

ليّ الأوقات أفراحاً وأنسا

My happiness was complete, and the passing hours revealed

My joy became complete, and

to me joys and the warmth of companionship.

the days showed me delights and companionship.

أرى الأقمار تخطر من أمامي

أرى الأقمار تخطر من أمامي

وأنظر في دياجي الليل شمسا

وأنظر في دياجي الليل شمسا

I see the moons glide proudly before me,

I see the moons walk gracefully before me,

and in night’s deepest darkness behold a sun.

and behold a sun in the deep darkness of night.

لله ظبي مهفهفْ

لله ظبي مهفهفْ

مثل الغزال وألطفْ

مثل الغزال وألطفْ

God be praised—what a slender, graceful gazelle,

God be praised for a slender gazelle,

like the gazelle, yet lovelier still!

like a gazelle, yet more delicate.

في صفحتيْ وجنتيه

في صفحتيْ وجنتيه

وردٌ وفي فيه قرقفْ

وردٌ وفي فيه قرقفْ

Across the two planes of his cheeks

Upon the surfaces of his two cheeks

are roses, and in his mouth a carnation.

are roses, and in his mouth is wine.

بدا عليه كسوفٌ

بدا عليه كسوفٌ

من حاجةِ قد تكلّفْ

من حاجةِ قد تكلّفْ

An eclipse came over him

An eclipse of bashfulness appeared upon him,

from a request he had forced himself to make.

over a request he had troubled himself to make.

لا تعجبوا فهو شمس

لا تعجبوا فهو شمس

وعادة الشمس تكسفْ

وعادة الشمس تكسفْ

Do not marvel: he is a sun,

Do not be astonished, for he is a sun,

and the sun is wont to be eclipsed.

and it is the sun’s habit to be eclipsed.