مدّ العزيزُ يمينَه ببنفْسَجِ

مدّ العزيزُ يمينَه ببنفْسَجِ

وبوردةٍ مقطوعةٍ لم تَنْهَجِ

وبوردةٍ مقطوعةٍ لم تَنْهَجِ

Al-Aziz extended his right hand with a violet,

The beloved extended his hand with violets

And a plucked rose that had not withered.

And a plucked rose that did not wilt

فكأن زُرقتَه على مُحْمرِّها

فكأن زُرقتَه على مُحْمرِّها

أثرٌ بخدٍّ ناعمٍ مُتَضرِّجِ

أثرٌ بخدٍّ ناعمٍ مُتَضرِّجِ

So it was as though its blue upon the rose’s red

So his blueness on her redness

Were a mark on a soft, flushed cheek.

Was like a trace of a soft, flushed cheek

حَيَّ فأحْيا مهجتي بتحيّة

حَيَّ فأحْيا مهجتي بتحيّة

كالوصل وافق مُنْيةً من مُرْتَجِي

كالوصل وافق مُنْيةً من مُرْتَجِي

He greeted me, and revived my soul with a greeting,

Greetings brought my love to life

Like reunion that met a hopeful one’s wish.

Like harmony met longing from my soul

وأشار مبتسِماً إليّ بوجهه

وأشار مبتسِماً إليّ بوجهه

فحسبتُه وجهَ الصباح الأبْلجِ

فحسبتُه وجهَ الصباح الأبْلجِ

And, smiling, he gestured toward me with his face,

And he smiled to me with his face

So I thought it the face of radiant dawn.

I thought it was the face of the brilliant dawn

أنا مِن نداه ومن فواضل كفِّه

أنا مِن نداه ومن فواضل كفِّه

في روضة أنف وعزٍّ مُنْتِجِ

في روضة أنف وعزٍّ مُنْتِجِ

Through his generosity and the bounties of his hand, I dwell

I am from his charm and from the palms of his generosity

In a pristine garden and in fruitful glory.

In a garden of bliss and glorious grace