إِنِّي اهتديتُ بذلِك القمَرِ

إِنِّي اهتديتُ بذلِك القمَرِ

لابل ضَلَلْتُ بحالِك الشَّعَر

لابل ضَلَلْتُ بحالِك الشَّعَر

Indeed, I found my way by that moon.

I was guided by that moon,

No, rather, I lost my way in the jet-black hair.

But I went astray because of your hair.

ولقد حذِرْتُ عليه مجتهداً

ولقد حذِرْتُ عليه مجتهداً

حتى حَذِرْتُ عليْه من حَذَرِي

حتى حَذِرْتُ عليْه من حَذَرِي

And indeed, I feared for him with utmost care,

I took great care with it,

until I feared for him from my own fear.

Until I took more care with it than my own caution.

قالوا تَغارُ عليه قلت لهم

قالوا تَغارُ عليه قلت لهم

قلبي يَغارُ عليْهِ مِنْ بَصَرِي

قلبي يَغارُ عليْهِ مِنْ بَصَرِي

They said, 'You are jealous over him.' I told them:

They said, “You are jealous of it.” I said to them,

'My heart is jealous over him, even of my own gaze.'

“My heart is jealous of it more than my sight.”