أفدي الذي زارني عندَ الضُّحى بالخورْ

أفدي الذي زارني عندَ الضُّحى بالخورْ

ونحنُ في ظِلِّ بانات النّقا والحَورْ

ونحنُ في ظِلِّ بانات النّقا والحَورْ

I would ransom him who visited me at al-Khawr at midmorning.

I ransom the one who visited me at dawn by the creek

While we were in the shade of the dune’s ban trees and the poplars.

While we were in the shade of the banana and willow trees

وقام للسّاقية يَبغي هناكَ الدّور

وقام للسّاقية يَبغي هناكَ الدّور

فقلتُ إنَّ القَمَرْ يُشرِفْ بِبُرج الثّورْ

فقلتُ إنَّ القَمَرْ يُشرِفْ بِبُرج الثّورْ

And he rose to go to the waterwheel, seeking a turn there.

And got up to go to the water-carrier, wanting a turn there

So I said, “Indeed, the moon rises into view in the sign of Taurus.”

So I said, the moon rises in the zodiac sign of Taurus