نَثِيرُ اليَاسَمِينِ من فوقِ بَدْرٍ

نَثِيرُ اليَاسَمِينِ من فوقِ بَدْرٍ

لِمُحِبِّيه بالخَلاعةِ باسِطْ

لِمُحِبِّيه بالخَلاعةِ باسِطْ

Jasmine strewn above a full moon,

Scattering jasmine above the full moon

Spreading out in wanton abandon for his lovers.

For those who love it, spreading perfume,

فحَسبْناه شَمْعةً أوْقَدُوها

فحَسبْناه شَمْعةً أوْقَدُوها

وعليها فَراشُ لَيْلٍ تَساقَطْ

وعليها فَراشُ لَيْلٍ تَساقَطْ

So we took him for a candle they had lit,

We thought it was a candle they had lit

And upon it the moths of night fell, one by one.

With moths falling around it through the night.