يا مُشرِقاً مَلأَ العيو

نَ فَلحظُها ما يستقلُّ

O rising sun, you have filled the horizons,

So I gaze at them without blinking.

أَوفى عَلى شَمسِ الضُّحى

حتَّى كأنَّ الشمسَ ظِلُّ

More faithful than the morning sun,

As if the sun itself were but a shadow.

يا زينةَ الدُّنيا ومن

مُلكُ الأنامِ لهُ يَقلُّ

O adornment of the world, he who

Rules all people is so fickle.

لا تقتلنِّي بالجَفاء

فإنَّ قَتلي لا يَحلُّ

Do not kill me with disdain,

For surely my murder would not be lawful.