1. أحبك يا أسما محبة ماجدٍ

    أمينٍ على جيرانه غير خائنِ

    I love you, O Asma, with a noble man's love,

    trustworthy toward his neighbors, never treacherous;

  2. قريب من التقوى بعيد من الخنا

    صبور على دل المهى غير خائن

    close to piety, far from indecency,

    patient with the coyness of oryx-maidens, never unfaithful.

  3. يطيع الهوى في كل شيءٍ يزينه

    ولكنه يعصيه في كل شائن

    He obeys passion in everything that adorns him,

    but disobeys it in all that brings disgrace.

  4. ومثلك للنفس النفيسة فتنةٌ

    ومثلي شهيد المقلتين الفواتن

    And one like you is a temptation to a noble soul,

    and one like me is a martyr to the two enchanting eyes.

  5. فحسنك يا أسما ولطفك كامل

    أعيذهما باللَه من عين عائن

    For your beauty, O Asma, and your grace are perfect;

    I seek God's protection for both against the evil eye.

  6. تفدِّيك من لبنان كل غريرةٍ

    وكل غرير حول لبنان ساكن

    May every innocent maiden from Lebanon ransom you,

    and every innocent youth dwelling around Lebanon.

  7. ومثلك لو يفدي بخيلٍ ومهجةٍ

    فدتْك وربِّي مهجتي وصوافني

    And if one like you could be ransomed with horses and lifeblood,

    my lifeblood and my poised steeds would ransom you, by my Lord.

  8. تلافي تلافي بالخيال وآمني

    عليه فعذالي نأت عن مساكني

    Avert my ruin with a dream-visit, and have no fear

    for it: my reproachers have gone far from my dwellings.

  9. ويا ليتهم داموا فما كان ضايري

    وأنتِ أمامي قربهم من أماكني

    And oh, would that they had remained! It would not have harmed me,

    with you before me, to have them near my dwelling places.

  10. لقد جادني الرحمن بالوجد كله

    وجادك يا أسما بكل المحاسن

    The Most Merciful has indeed showered me with longing in all its fullness,

    and showered you, O Asma, with every charm.