كلامٌ صيغَ من درٍّ يتيمٍ

كلامٌ صيغَ من درٍّ يتيمٍ

يليق لجيد ذات الخال عقدا

يليق لجيد ذات الخال عقدا

Words fashioned from matchless pearls

Words distilled from a lone pearl

befit the neck of the lady with the beauty mark as a necklace.

Adorn the neck of the one with the beauty mark

واشهدُ أنه حلوٌ مذاقاً

واشهدُ أنه حلوٌ مذاقاً

أبِن لي كيف صار الدرُّ شهدا

أبِن لي كيف صار الدرُّ شهدا

And I bear witness that they are sweet to taste;

And I witness that it is sweet tasting

explain to me how pearls became honey.

Explain to me how the pearl became honey