أيا مَنْ رَأَى البدرَ بدرَ السَّماءِ

أيا مَنْ رَأَى البدرَ بدرَ السَّماءِ

يَروحُ ويَغْدُو إلى سُوقِه

يَروحُ ويَغْدُو إلى سُوقِه

O you who have seen the full moon—the full moon of the sky—

O you who saw the full moon in the sky's full moon,

Going evening and morning to his market!

Going and returning to its marketplace,

إذا مَزَّقَ الثَّوبَ مِقراضُه

إذا مَزَّقَ الثَّوبَ مِقراضُه

تمزَّقَ قلبي كتَمزيقِه

تمزَّقَ قلبي كتَمزيقِه

Whenever his shears tear the cloth,

When its shredder shreds the garment,

My heart is torn as the cloth is torn.

My heart is torn to shreds like its shredding.

وأطيبُ من رَوْحِ ريحِ الجِنانِ

وأطيبُ من رَوْحِ ريحِ الجِنانِ

خُطوطٌ تَرَوَّيْنَ من ريقِه

خُطوطٌ تَرَوَّيْنَ من ريقِه

And sweeter than the breath of the gardens' breeze

And sweeter than the spirit of the scent of paradise

Are lines that drank their fill of his saliva.

Are lines he relates from his saliva.