مِن عاشِقَينِ تَراسَلا وَتَواعَدا

بِلِقاً إِذا نَجمُ الثُرَيّا حَلَّقا

Two lovers who corresponded and made a tryst

To meet when the Pleiades star rose high

بَعَثا أَمامَهُما مَخَافَةَ رقبَةٍ

رَصَداً فَمَزَّقَ عَنهُما ما مَزَّقا

They sent ahead a watchman for their necks’ protection

To keep guard, but he tore them from each other anyway

باتا بِأَنعَمِ لَيلَةٍ وَأَلَذِّها

حَتّى إِذا وَضَحَ الصَباحُ تَفَرَّقا

They spent the night’s most blissful, sweetest hours

Until dawn’s light broke clearly and they went their separate ways