إِذا ما زارَني بَرَكاتُ يَوماً

فَذَلِكَ أَبرَكَ الأَيّامِ عِندي

When blessings visit me one day

That is the most blessed day for me

رَشَأٌ مِن ريقِهِ راحي إِذا ما

ظَفَرتُ بِهِ وَمِن خَدَّيهِ وَردي

A sprig whose saliva is my perfume if I

Get hold of it, and his cheek is my rose

لَهُ صُدغٌ كَصَدٍّ بَعدَ وَصلِ

عَلى خَدٍّ كَوَصلٍ بَعدَ صَدِّ

He has a temple like reconciliation after estrangement

On a cheek like union after separation

يَتيهُ عَلى الغُصونِ إِذا تَثَنّى

بِلينِ مَعاطِفٍ وَبِحُسنِ قَدِّ

He wanders on the branches when he bends

With the softness of sleeves and the beauty of the waist

إِذا ما كانَ عِشقُ فَتىً لِنَحسٍ

فَما عِشقي لَهُ إِلّا لِسَعدي

If the love of a young man is for an unlucky person

Then my love for him is only for my luck