إن أساءَ الحبيبُ قامت بعذرٍ

إن أساءَ الحبيبُ قامت بعذرٍ

وجنةٌ منه فوق شامات

وجنةٌ منه فوق شامات

If the beloved does wrong, there rises in his defense

If my beloved does wrong, I make excuses for him,

a cheek of his above beauty marks.

And regard any kindness from him as a gift from heaven.

يا لها وجناتٌ أقابل منها

يا لها وجناتٌ أقابل منها

حسناتٍ تمحى بها السيآت

حسناتٍ تمحى بها السيآت

Ah, those cheeks! In them I find

Oh, his gardens where I find only good deeds,

beauties by which misdeeds are erased.

That cancel out any mistakes he's made.