خَفَّ مِن دارِ جيرَتي

يا خَليلَيَّ أُنسُها

My friend disappeared from the neighbor's house

Oh my bosom friend, her company I miss

أَفَلا تَخرُجُ العَرو

سُ فَقَد طالَ حَبسُها

Why doesn't she come out, for her absence grew long

Dawn has come, or begun, yet she hasn't dressed

قَد دَنا الصُبحُ أَو بَدا

وَهيَ لَم يُقضَ لُبسُها

She went out like the full moon on a night

Whose darkness disappeared

خَرَجَت كَالمَهاةِ في

لَيلَةٍ غابَ نَحسُها

Among five maidens

The most generous of all in her kind

بَينَ خَمسٍ كَواعِبٍ

أَكرَمُ الجِنسِ جِنسُها