قُمْ يا غُلامُ إِلى الشَّمولِ فَهاتِها

قَبْلَ انْتِشارِ الصُّبْحِ في الآفاقِ

Rise, my lad, to her fragrance, and bring it here

Before the dawn spreads across the horizons,

فَكأَنَّها شَمْسٌ تُنِيرُ بِها الدُّجى

وكأَنَّهُ قَمَرٌ تَحَوَّلَ ساقِ

It's as if it were a sun, lighting up the gloom,

Or moonbeams changed into a leg.

لَوْ كانَ رِزْقي مِنْ لَذيذِ عِناقِهِ

مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكُمْ عَلى الأَرْزاقِ

If my sustenance were from the sweetness of her embrace

I wouldn't envy you your livelihood.