للهِ عِجلَةُ خَيْسٍ

للهِ عِجلَةُ خَيْسٍ

صَفْراءُ ذاتُ دَلال

صَفْراءُ ذاتُ دَلال

God bless the heifer of the thicket,

A speedy carriage of goodness,

yellow, full of coy charm.

Yellow, with hanging drapes,

تُريكَ عَيْنَيْ مَهاةٍ

تُريكَ عَيْنَيْ مَهاةٍ

مِن تَحْتِ قَرنَيْ غَزال

مِن تَحْتِ قَرنَيْ غَزال

She shows you the eyes of an oryx

Shows my doe eyes

beneath the two horns of a gazelle.

Beneath the horns of a gazelle,

قَدْ سُربِلَتْ بأَصيلٍ

قَدْ سُربِلَتْ بأَصيلٍ

وَتُوِّجَتْ بِهلالِ

وَتُوِّجَتْ بِهلالِ

She has been robed in late-afternoon light

Clothed in roots

and crowned with a crescent moon.

And crowned with the crescent moon.