يا حُسنَها جاريةً أَقبلت

يا حُسنَها جاريةً أَقبلت

في اللَيل واللَيلُ بها كالنَهار

في اللَيل واللَيلُ بها كالنَهار

Oh, how lovely she was—a maiden who came

O her beauty, she came in the night

At night, while her presence made the night like day.

And the night with her was like day

لمّا رأَتني خفضَت طَرفَها

لمّا رأَتني خفضَت طَرفَها

فَقُلتُ ما أَحسنَ خَفضَ الجوار

فَقُلتُ ما أَحسنَ خَفضَ الجوار

When she saw me, she lowered her gaze,

When she saw me, she lowered her gaze

So I said, “How lovely when maidens lower their gaze!”

So I said, how beautiful is the lowering of eyes by a neighbor