رُقَيَّ بِعَمرِكُم لا تَهجُرينا

وَمَنّينا المُنى ثُمَّ اِمطُلينا

Grow old in your lifetime, do not abandon us,

And grant us wishes, then make us wait.

عِدينا في غَدٍ ما شِئتِ إِنّا

نُحِبُّ وَلَو مَطَلتِ الواعِدينا

Return to us tomorrow whatever you wish, we

Love even if those who promise make us wait.

فَإِمّا تُنجِزي عِدَتي وَإِمّا

نَعيشُ بِما نُؤَمِّلُ مِنكِ حينا

Either fulfill your promise to me, or

We live with what we hope for from you for a while.

تَقِنَّ اللَهَ فيَّ رُقَيَّ وَاِخشي

عُقوبَةَ أَمرِنا لا تَقتُلينا

Fear God for me, grow old, and fear

The punishment of our affair, do not kill us.

بِعيشِكِ وَاِرفُقي بي أُمَّ عَمروٍ

وَيَومَ رِجالُ أَهلِكِ يَنذُرونا

With your life be gentle with me, mother of Amr,

And the day your tribesmen warn us.

دَمي ثُمَّ اِندَخَلتُ إِلَيكِ حَتّى

تَخَطَّيتُ النِيامَ الحارِسينا

My blood, then I entered you until

I crossed the sleeping guards.

فَبِتُّ تَمَسُّهُم قَدَمي وَثَوبي

وَوَدّوا مِن دَمي لَو يَشرَبونا

So I spend the night with them touching my feet and clothes,

And they wished to drink my blood.

وَيَومَ تَبِعتُكُم وَتَرَكتُ أَهلي

عَجيجَ العَودِ يَتَّبِعُ القَرينا

And the day I followed you and left my family,

The wailing of the lute accompanies the couple.