يا ظَبيَةً من ظِباءِ الأُنسِ راتِعةً

يا ظَبيَةً من ظِباءِ الأُنسِ راتِعةً

بَينَ القُصورِ تعالى اللَهُ باريكِ

بَينَ القُصورِ تعالى اللَهُ باريكِ

O gazelle among the gazelles of delight, grazing at ease

O gazelle of companionship's gazelles wandering

Among the palaces—exalted is God, your Creator!

Among palaces, may God exalt you, my blessed one

هَل النَعيمُ سوى يومٍ أراك به

هَل النَعيمُ سوى يومٍ أراك به

أو ساعةٍ بِتُّ أَقضيها بِناديكِ

أو ساعةٍ بِتُّ أَقضيها بِناديكِ

Is bliss anything but a day on which I see you,

Is bliss anything but a day I saw you in

Or an hour I spent by night at your gathering?

Or an hour I spent calling out to you?

وَهل يَعُدُّ عليَّ العمرَ واهبهُ

وَهل يَعُدُّ عليَّ العمرَ واهبهُ

إن لم يُجَمِّله نَظمُ الدُرِّ من فيكِ

إن لم يُجَمِّله نَظمُ الدُرِّ من فيكِ

And does life's Giver count my lifetime against me

Can time pass me by and still call its giver kind

If a string of pearls from your mouth does not adorn it?

If the stringing of pearls from your mouth does not adorn it?

إن قابَلَتكِ الصَبا في مِصرَ عاطِرَةً

إن قابَلَتكِ الصَبا في مِصرَ عاطِرَةً

فَأَيقِني أنَّها عنّي تُناجيكِ

فَأَيقِني أنَّها عنّي تُناجيكِ

If the fragrant east wind meets you in Egypt,

If the morning breeze encounters you in fragrant Egypt

Then be certain that it whispers to you on my behalf,

Know truly that it whispers to you from me

وَأَنَّها حملَت في طَيِّ بُردَتِها

وَأَنَّها حملَت في طَيِّ بُردَتِها

قَلباً بعَثتُ به كَيما يُحَيّيكِ

قَلباً بعَثتُ به كَيما يُحَيّيكِ

And that it has carried within the folds of its cloak

And that it carried in its sweet mantle

A heart I sent, so that it might greet you.

A heart I sent so it may give you life