أَدامَ اللَّهُ أَيامَ الوِصَالِ

وَخَلَّدَ عُمْرَ هَاتِيكَ اللَّيالي

May God prolong the days of union

And make immortal the life of those nights

وَأَسْبَغَ ظِلَّ أَغْصانِ التَّداني

وَزَادَ قُدُودَها حُسْنَ اعْتِدالِ

And extend the shade of the branches of proximity

And increase their curvature with excellent balance

وَلا زالتْ ثِمَارُ الأنسِ فِيهَا

تَزيدُ لطافةً في كُلّ حالِ

And the fruits of intimacy in them continue

To increase in delicacy in every state

وَلا بَرِحَتْ لَنَا فيها عُيونٌ

تُغازِلُ مُقْلتي خَشْفِ الغَزَالِ

And eyes for us in them have not ceased

To flirt with my eyelids, shy as a gazelle

لَقَدْ مَرَّتْ لَنَا فيها ليالٍ

كَأَنَّ نِظَامَهَا عِقْدُ اللآلي

Nights have passed for us in them

As if their structure were a necklace of pearls

أَقَمْنَا في جَنَابِ أَميرِ حُسْنٍ

عُقِدْنَ عَليهِ أَلوِيَةُ الجَمالِ

We stayed in the protection of the prince of beauty

Around him fluttered the banners of perfection