أَلحُبُّ رُوحٌ أَنْتَ مَعناهُ

وَالحُسنُ لَفْظٌ أَنتَ مَبْنَاهُ

Love is a spirit, you are its meaning,

Beauty is a word, you are its essence,

وَالأُنْسُ عهدٌ أنت جَنتهُ

وَاللفظُ رَوضٌ أَنتَ مَغناهُ

Company is a bond, you are its paradise,

Speech is a garden, you are its song.

إِرْحَمْ فؤاداً فِي هَوَاكَ غدا

مَضْنًى وَحُمَّاهُ حُميَّاهُ

Have mercy on a heart gone mad with love for you,

Sick and fevered, in flames and simmering.

تمَّت بِرُؤْيَتِكَ المُنى فحكَتْ

حِلماً تَمَتَّعْنَا بِرُؤْيَاهُ

With the sight of you wishes were fulfilled,

A dream we delighted in seeing.

يَا طِيبَ عيْنِي حِين آنسهَا

يَا سَعْدَ قَلْبِي حِين ناجَاهُ

O light of my eye when it gazed upon you,

O joy of my heart when it confided in you.