لو فُرِش المجلس بالدُرّ

لو فُرِش المجلس بالدُرّ

نَضْداً وبالياقوت والتِّبْرِ

نَضْداً وبالياقوت والتِّبْرِ

Were the gathering place spread with pearls,

If the gathering were strewn with pearls

laid in rows, and with rubies and raw gold,

And with rubies and ambergris,

ما كان عن حسنِيَ مستغنِياً

ما كان عن حسنِيَ مستغنِياً

لا خير في بيت بلا سِتْرِ

لا خير في بيت بلا سِتْرِ

it would not be able to dispense with my beauty:

It would not make me self-sufficient, without my veil

there is no good in a house without a covering.

No good is in a house without curtains