تُرى يا جِيرَةَ الشِّعْبِ

يُسَرُّ بِوَصْلِكُمْ قَلْبي

Oh neighbor of the beloved village,

Your union brings joy to my heart,

وَتَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا دارٌ

عَلَى الإِكْرامِ والرُّحْبِ

And a house brings us together,

With generosity and spaciousness,

أُهَيْلَ الحَيِّ وَاعطَشِي

لِذَاكَ المَنْهَلِ العَذْبِ

Yearn, oh longing one, for that fresh spring,

And thirst for that sweet fountain,

وَيَا شَوْقِي إِلى عَيْشٍ

مَضَى في ظِلّهِ الرَّحبِ

Oh my yearning for a life

That has passed in its shade and spaciousness,

وَأَيَّامٍ بلا عَتَبٍ

تَقَضَّتْ في ذَرَا عَتْبِ

And days without blame

That have passed gently without roughness,

إذا ذُكِرَتْ لَياليه

تَهيَّجَ لاعِجُ القَلْبِ

When her nights are mentioned

The heart is stirred and sleepless,

وَيحْكِي قَلْبُ عَاشِقهِ

حَديثَ نسيمهِ الرَّطْبِ

And the heart of her lover tells

The story of its damp breeze,

فَغَنِّ بِذِكْرِهَا سَعْدٌ

وَأثْنِ معَاطِفَ الرَّكْبِ

So Sa’d sings in mentioning it

And praise the riding company,

وَمُحْتجبٍ بِمُبتَسمٍ

يُمزِّقُ ظُلْمَةَ الحُجبِ

And the veiled one with a smiling face

Tears through the darkness of barriers,

مِنَ الأَقْمارِ مَنْزِلتا

هُ في طَرفْي وفي قلبي

My two dwellings are like moons

In my eyes and in my heart,

وَظَبْيِ نَفارَ بِالأَسْرا

رِ يَأْنَسُ لَيْسَ بِالتّرب

And a gazelle fleeing with the caravan

Pleased not by the soil.