شَفيعي إليكَ التَّاجُ كُلِّلَ مِن شَعرِ

شَفيعي إليكَ التَّاجُ كُلِّلَ مِن شَعرِ

ودُرٌّ نَظيمٌ قد أَطَلَّ مِنَ الثَّغرِ

ودُرٌّ نَظيمٌ قد أَطَلَّ مِنَ الثَّغرِ

My intercessor with you: the crown wreathed with hair,

My intercessor to you is the crown, adorned with hair

And strung pearls that have peeped out from the mouth.

And a string of pearls extending from the lips

شَفيعي خُدودٌ قَبَّلَتهَا أزَاهِرٌ

شَفيعي خُدودٌ قَبَّلَتهَا أزَاهِرٌ

ولا عَجَبٌ لِلوَردِ يَنضَمُّ لِلزَّهرِ

ولا عَجَبٌ لِلوَردِ يَنضَمُّ لِلزَّهرِ

My intercessor: cheeks that blossoms have kissed,

My intercessor, cheeks kissed by flowers

And no wonder the rose joins the blossoms.

And it's no wonder that the rose joins the blossom

شَفيعي إليكَ السِّحرُ في طَرفِ لَحظِها

شَفيعي إليكَ السِّحرُ في طَرفِ لَحظِها

وما في حَشانا فاعلٌ لَحظُها السِّحري

وما في حَشانا فاعلٌ لَحظُها السِّحري

My intercessor with you: the magic at the edge of her glance,

My intercessor to you is the magic in the glance of her eyes

And what her magical glance does within our hearts.

And there is no one in our neighborhood whose glance is as magical

شَفيعي إليكَ الحاجِبُ الحاجِبُ الكرى

شَفيعي إليكَ الحاجِبُ الحاجِبُ الكرى

شَفيعي جبينٌ لاحَ ضَوءُهُ كالفَجرِ

شَفيعي جبينٌ لاحَ ضَوءُهُ كالفَجرِ

My intercessor with you: the eyebrow that bars slumber.

My intercessor to you are her eyebrows, her left eyebrow

My intercessor: a forehead whose light shone like dawn.

My intercessor, a forehead whose light shines like the dawn