مَا زِلْتُ أُسْقَاهَا عَلَى

مَا زِلْتُ أُسْقَاهَا عَلَى

وَجْهِ غَزَالٍ مُونَقِ

وَجْهِ غَزَالٍ مُونَقِ

I kept being given it to drink, gazing upon

I still water it over the face

the face of a lovely gazelle,

Of a delicate gazelle,

بِقَمَرٍ مُنْتَقبٍ

بِقَمَرٍ مُنْتَقبٍ

بِخَاتَمٍ مُنْتَطِقِ

بِخَاتَمٍ مُنْتَطِقِ

veiled with a moon,

With a polished moon,

girdled with a ring;

A ring that speaks,

وَالْبَدْرُ فَوْقَ دِجْلَةٍ

وَالْبَدْرُ فَوْقَ دِجْلَةٍ

وَالصُّبْحُ لَمَّا يُشْرِقِ

وَالصُّبْحُ لَمَّا يُشْرِقِ

and the full moon above the Tigris,

The full moon over the Tigris,

while dawn had not yet broken,

The dawn when it shines,

مِكْحَلَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ

مِكْحَلَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ

فَوْقَ بِسَاطٍ أَزْرَقِ

فَوْقَ بِسَاطٍ أَزْرَقِ

was a kohl pot of gold

Eyeliner of gold

upon a blue carpet.

Over a blue rug.