بأَبيكمBy your father المطرانَthe metropolitan (archbishop) أوor بالأسقفِby the bishop
بأَبيكم المطرانَ أو بالأسقفِ
وبِيوسُفٍAnd by Yusuf أسرقتَhave you stolen صورةthe likeness of يوسُفِYusuf
وبِيوسُفٍ أسرقتَ صورة يوسُفِ
By your father, the metropolitan, or by the bishop,
By your bishop or by the priest
And by Yusuf—have you stolen Yusuf’s likeness?
And by Joseph whose picture you have stolen
وبعقدAnd by the knot of زُنَّارٍa girdle عقدتyou bound قلوبَناour hearts
وبعقد زُنَّارٍ عقدت قلوبَنا
فيهwithin it عَلىupon خَصرٍa waist دَقيقٍdelicate أهيَفِslender
فيه عَلى خَصرٍ دَقيقٍ أهيَفِ
And by a girdle’s knot—you bound our hearts
And by a beaded necklace you have tied our hearts
Within it, upon a delicate, slender waist—
Around a delicate waist, slender
جُدBe generous بالوصالِwith union أَباO father of سَعيدSa'id لمُدنِفٍto one sick with love
جُد بالوصالِ أَبا سَعيد لمُدنِفٍ
يَهواكَhe loves you واستَغنِمand seize ثَوابَthe reward for المدنِفِthe lovesick one
يَهواكَ واستَغنِم ثَوابَ المدنِفِ
Grant union, Abu Sa'id, to one sick with love,
Make haste to unite with Abu Sa'id al-Mudanf
Who loves you, and reap the reward for comforting the lovesick.
Who loves you and reap the reward of al-Mudanf