أَيُّها المُنكِحُ الثُرَيّا سُهَيلاً

أَيُّها المُنكِحُ الثُرَيّا سُهَيلاً

عَمرَكَ اللَهَ كَيفَ يَلتَقِيانِ

عَمرَكَ اللَهَ كَيفَ يَلتَقِيانِ

O you who give Thurayya in marriage to Suhayl,

O matcher of Siha with Suhail,

I adjure you by God: how can the two meet?

May your life be long - how can they meet?

هِيَ شامِيَّةٌ إِذا ما اِستَقَلَّت

هِيَ شامِيَّةٌ إِذا ما اِستَقَلَّت

وَسُهيلٌ إِذا اِستَقَلَّ يَمانِ

وَسُهيلٌ إِذا اِستَقَلَّ يَمانِ

She is Syrian when she rises,

She is a Syrian lady when at rest,

And Suhayl, when he rises, is Yemeni.

And Suhail is a Yeminite, when he sets in the west.