وجاريَةٍ تَنَالُ النَّفْسُ منها

وجاريَةٍ تَنَالُ النَّفْسُ منها

بلحظِ العَيْنِ غايةَ ما تَمنَّتْ

بلحظِ العَيْنِ غايةَ ما تَمنَّتْ

And a slave girl from whom the soul attains,

A maiden whom the soul delights in

With a glance of the eye, the utmost it has wished for.

With but a glance of the eye attains its every wish

تُرِيكَ الحُسْنَ والإِحْسَان وقْفاً

تُرِيكَ الحُسْنَ والإِحْسَان وقْفاً

إذا بَرَزَتْ لنا وإذا تغنَّتْ

إذا بَرَزَتْ لنا وإذا تغنَّتْ

She shows you beauty and excellence, hers alone,

She shows you beauty and grace freely

When she appears before us and when she sings.

When she appears before us and when she sings

كأنَّ العُودَ حين تَجُسُّ مِنْهُ

كأنَّ العُودَ حين تَجُسُّ مِنْهُ

يعبِّرُ عَنْ سرائِرِ ما أجَنَّتْ

يعبِّرُ عَنْ سرائِرِ ما أجَنَّتْ

As though the oud, when she plucks it,

As though the lute when she plucks it

Gives voice to the inner secrets of what she has concealed.

Expresses the secrets that it has concealed

كَنِيتُ عنِ اسمِهَا والإسمُ بادٍ

كَنِيتُ عنِ اسمِهَا والإسمُ بادٍ

إذا ما الإسْمُ أَصْدَرَ مَنْ تَجَنَّبْ

إذا ما الإسْمُ أَصْدَرَ مَنْ تَجَنَّبْ

I hinted at her name, though the name is plain,

I conceal her name though names fade

If the name sends away whoever has kept aloof.

When the name reveals one who avoids