باحَ الهَوى بِكَ وَاِستَراحا

وَأَباحَنا لَكَ وَاِستَباحا

Love revealed itself to you and found peace,

And allowed us to find you and take liberties,

لِمَ لا يَطيرُ القَلبُ لِل

خَفَقانِ نَحوَكُمُ جَنَاحا

Why doesn’t my heart flutter towards you,

On wings beating with ardour?

وَأَنا الفِداءُ لِأَوجُهٍ

فَضَحَت بِبَهجَتِها الصَباحا

And I am the sacrifice for faces

That shone in their beauty like the dawn,

لَمّا غَزَت أَرواحَنا

حَمَلَت مَحاسِنَها سِلاحا

When your spirits attacked our souls,

Bearing their beauty like weapons,

كَم قُرَّةٍ في نَظرَةٍ

مَلَأَت جَوارِحَنا جِراحا

How much delight is in a glance

That filled our innermost parts with wounds.