1. سبحان ربِّك فالقِ الإِصباحِ

    من وجْهك المتوقِّدِ المصباحِ

    Glory be to your Lord, who cleaves the dawn

    from your face, that blazing lamp.

  2. يا بدرَ داجِيةٍ وشمسَ ظهيرةٍ

    وقضيبَ كُثبانٍ وريمَ بطاحِ

    O full moon of a dark night and sun of noon,

    and slender branch of dunes and white gazelle of the plains!

  3. يا مُتْعبَ العُذَّالِ والعُشَّاقِ وال

    حُسادِ والوُصَّافِ والمُدَّاح

    O you who weary reproachers and lovers, and the

    envious, and those who describe you and those who praise you!

  4. أَنا فيك مأَخوذٌ بغيرِ جَريرةٍ

    أَنا منكَ مقتولٌ بغيْرِ سِلاَحِ

    Because of you I am taken captive, guilty of no offense;

    I am slain by you, without a weapon.

  5. بالصَّدِّ تقتُلُ في الهوى وقتلتَني

    بالوَصْلِ فاقْتُلْني بغير جُناح

    By rejection you kill in love, and you have killed me

    by union—so kill me without blame.