حافظ عَلى مُهجة ضاعَت فَأَنتَ بِها

تسال مِن مُنذ خَلق الرُوح في القدمِ

Keep the lost affection, for with it

You ask since the spirit's creation in antiquity

صلني وَجد بِاللَمى يا حلو مُكتسباً

إِحياءَ صبٍّ بَراه الشَوق مِنكَ ظَمي

Join me, found with yearning - oh beautiful gain!

Reviving a youth the ardor saw in you ravenous