ياO فتاةَmaiden الحيِّthe neighborhood قدindeed أَذكَرتِناyou have reminded us
يا فتاةَ الحيِّ قد أَذكَرتِنا
نَضرةَfreshness الرَوضِthe garden وَمَيلَand the sway الغُصُنthe bough
نَضرةَ الرَوضِ وَمَيلَ الغُصُن
O maiden of the neighborhood, you have reminded us
O girl of the lively one, you have reminded us
of the garden’s freshness and the bough’s sway.
Of the garden's blossoms and the bending of the branch
أَيُّwhat لحنٍmelody تَرجَمَتtranslated تِلكَthose الخُطاthe footsteps
أَيُّ لحنٍ تَرجَمَت تِلكَ الخُطا
عنهfrom it لِلعَينِfor the eye هناءdelight الأُذُنِof the ear
عنه لِلعَينِ هناء الأُذُنِ
What melody have those footsteps translated,
What melody conveyed those steps
giving the eye the ear’s delight in it?
To give the eye here the ear’s joy?
عارِضيchallenge البَدرَthe full moon إذاif لمdoes not يَعتَرِفacknowledge
عارِضي البَدرَ إذا لم يَعتَرِف
لكِto you بِالحُسنِof beauty بوَجهٍwith a face حَسَنbeautiful
لكِ بِالحُسنِ بوَجهٍ حَسَن
Challenge the full moon if it will not acknowledge
My cheek vying with the full moon, when it does not confess
your beauty, with your lovely face.
To you in beauty with a beautiful face
Sol 6.1