قمرٌ أَعار الصُّبْحَ حُسنَ تَبَسُّمِ

وأَعار منه الغصنَ لِينَ تَأَوُّدِ

The moon lent the dawn the beauty of its smile,

And lent the branch its gentle swaying.

واخْضَرَّ شارِبُه فبان لغُلَّتي

منه اخضِرارُ الرَّوْض حَوْلَ المَوْرِد

When it drank, it turned green - it seemed to me

That the greening of the meadow round the spring flowed from it.

ومتى يُباحُ لعاشقيه مُقَبَّلٌ

كالدُّرِّ في الياقوت تَحْتَ زَبَرَجْدَ

And when will my lips be allowed to kiss him,

Like a pearl inside a ruby beneath aquamarine?