1. نُزْهَةُ عندي كاسمها نُزْهَهْ

    لا شكَّ في ذلك ولا شُبْهَهْ

    Nuzha, to me, is a delight, true to her name.

    There is no doubt of that, nor any uncertainty.

  2. يا جاعلَ الليل لها طُرَّةً

    وجاعلَ الصُّبح لها جَبْهَهْ

    O you who made the night her forelock,

    And made the dawn her brow,

  3. وجاعلَ الدُّر لها مَضْحكاً

    وجاعلَ المسكِ لها نكْهَهْ

    And made pearls her smiling teeth,

    And made musk her breath,

  4. دعْ حبها يحكُم في مُهْجتي

    وأْمُرْهُ بالجَوْر ولا تَنْهَهْ

    Let love of her rule within my heart,

    And bid it be unjust, and do not restrain it.