1. بي غادةٌ في الشرق يشرق نورها

    فيقول هذا نور نور المغرب

    I am smitten with a maiden in the East whose light shines;

    So one says, “This is the radiance of the West’s light.”

  2. بيضاء يحجبها احمرار خدودها

    ويعمه ماء الحياء فيحجب

    Fair-skinned, the redness of her cheeks veils her;

    And modesty’s moisture envelops it, so it is veiled.

  3. يدعونها نور الصباح سفاهةً

    أرأيت صبحاً نوره لا يغرب

    They foolishly call her “Morning Light”;

    Have you ever seen a morning whose light never sets?

  4. واللَه لولا ما أجن من التقى

    ما فاتني منها الغزال الأشهب

    By God, were it not for the piety I harbor,

    Her gray-white gazelle would not have eluded me.