سقتك غوادي السحب ربع الأحبة

فكم بك من خود وكم من خريدة

May the clouds' morning showers water you, dwelling of the beloved.

For how many a fair maiden is in you, and how many a virgin!

وهيفاء مثل الغصن رنجه الصبا

وغرتها كالبدر تحت الدجنة

And a slender-waisted maiden, like a branch swayed by the east wind.

And her radiant brow is like the full moon beneath the darkness.

وثغر به در وجيد ممسك

وصدر به من لؤلؤ كل درة

And a mouth with pearls within it, and a neck perfumed with musk.

And a bosom bearing every precious pearl.

وغانية بالحسن تحسب أنها

من القاصرات الساكنات بجنة

And a maiden so beautiful that you think she is

One of the modest maidens dwelling in Paradise.

غريت بها والحمد للَه وحده

على كل إحسان على ونعمة

I became enamored of her; and praise be to God alone

For every kindness and blessing bestowed upon me.

ونسأله التوفيق والعفو والرضا

وأن يتوفانا على خير ملة

And we ask Him for divine guidance, pardon, and His good pleasure,

And to take us in death upon the best of faiths:

على ملة الإسلام دين محمد

نبي الهدى المختار ختم النبوة

Upon the faith of Islam, the religion of Muhammad,

The chosen Prophet of guidance, the seal of prophethood.

عليه صلاة اللَه ما هبت الصبا

وما غردت ورق على غصن دوحة

Upon him be God's blessing as long as the east wind blows,

And as long as gray doves sing upon the branch of a spreading tree.