يا رَوضُ جيرانُكُمُ البَاكِرُ

فَالقَلبُ لاَ لاَهٍ ولا صَابِرُ

O neighbor's garden, your early dawn

My heart is helpless and without patience

قَالَت أَلاَ لاَ تَلِجَن دَارَنا

إِنَّ أَبَانا رَجُلٌ غَائِرُ

She said "Do not enter our house

For our father is a fierce man"

قُلتُ فَإِنّي طالبٌ غِرَّةً

مِنهُ وسَيفي صَارِمٌ باتِرُ

I said "But I seek from him a kiss

With my sharp and ready sword"

قَالَت فَإنَّ القَصرَ مِن دُنِنا

قُلتُ فَإِنّي فَوقَهُ ظَاهِرُ

She said "The palace is too hard for us"

I said "But I can overcome and conquer it"

قَالَت فَإِنّ البَحرَ مِن دُونِنَا

قُلتُ فإنّي سَابحٌ مَاهِرُ

She said "The sea lies between us"

I said "But I'm an excellent swimmer"

قَالَت فَحَولِي إِخوَةٌ سَبعَةٌ

قُلتُ فَإنّي غَالِبُ قَاهِرُ

She said "My brothers are seven"

I said "But I'm a victor and subduer"

قَالَت فَلَيثٌ رابضٌ بَيننَا

قُلتُ فَإِنّي أَسَدٌ عَاقِرُ

She said "A lion crouches between us"

I said "But I'm a barren lion"

قَالَت فَإِنّ الله بَيننَا

قُلتُ فَرَبيِّ رَاحِمٌ غَافِرُ

She said "God is between us"

I said "But my Lord is merciful and forgiving"

قَالَت لَقَد أَعيَيتَنا حِجَّةً

فَأتِ إِذَا مَا هَجَع السَّامِرُ

She said "You have exhausted all arguments"

"So come when the sleepless one sleeps"

فَاسقُط عَلَينا كَشُقُوطِ النَّدى

لَيلَةَ لا نَاهٍ وَلا زَاجِرُ

"Fall upon us like falling dew

On a night without prohibiting watchmen"