1. إِذْا رَأَيْتُ الهِلالَ وَالغُصُنَا

    ذَكَرْتُ قَدّاً وَمَنْظَراً حَسَنَا

    Whenever I see the crescent moon and the bough,

    I recall a figure and a lovely countenance.

  2. مُهَفْهَفُ القَدِّ ما رَنا وَدَنَا

    إلاَّ رَأَيْتُ الغَزالَ وَالغُصُنَا

    Slender of form, he never gazes and draws near

    Without my seeing the gazelle and the bough.

  3. كَالرَّوْضِ عَرْفاً وَبَهْجَةً وَجَنىً

    وَالبَدْرِ حُسْناً وَرِفْعَةً وَسَنَا

    Like a garden in fragrance, splendor, and fruit,

    And like the full moon in beauty, loftiness, and radiance.

  4. جِسْمِي أَلِفْتُ السَّقامَ فِيهِ كَما

    أَنَّ جُفونِي لا تَعْرِفُ الوَسَنَا

    I have grown used to sickness in my body, just as

    My eyelids know no drowsiness.

  5. لِلّهِ كَمْ لَيْلَةٍ نَعِمْتُ بِها

    ما شَابَها قَطُّ رِيْبَةٌ وَخَنَا

    By God, how many a night I have enjoyed,

    Never tainted by suspicion or lewdness,

  6. أَيَّامَ كانَ الحَسُودُ فِي سِنَةٍ

    فَانْتَبَهَتْ عَيْنُهُ فَفَرَّقْنَا

    In the days when the envious man was dozing;

    Then his eye awoke, and he parted us.