أَمُضِرَّةٌ بِالبَدرِ طالِعَةٌ

عِندَ العُيونِ وَضَرَّةُ الشَمسِ

Like the rising moon she appeared

Dazzling eyes like the brilliance of the sun

أَنا مِنكَ في كَمَدٍ عَلى كَمَدٍ

يَومي عَلَيَّ أَمَرُّ مِن أَمسي

I pine for you more with each passing day

Today is more bitter for me than yesterday

جِنَّيَّةٌ وَقَبيلُها بَشَرٌ

عَظُمَ البَلاءُ بِها عَلى الإِنسِ

She is a heavenly beauty, the ideal of mankind

But being with her brings great agony

وَتَقولُ لَمّا جِئتُ أَسأَلُها

كَيفَ الشِفاءُ لِداءِ ذي النَكسِ

When I came to ask her for relief

From the pain of my wretched sorrow

عَجَباً لَهُ إِذ جاءَ يَسأَلُ مِن

مَسِّ الفُؤادِ رُقىً مِنَ المَسِّ

How amazing that he came to ask

For a cure from the one who caused his wound

لا تُنكِري هَذا النُحولَ أَما

نَفسي تَذوبُ عَليكَ مِن نَفسي

Do not deny that I have grown thin and weak

My soul melts for you from within my soul