1. عشقتُ سلطانَ الملاحْ

    ونابه صرتُ مليحْ

    I fell in love with the sultan of the fair.

    And through him I became beautiful.

  2. ولاحَ لي ضوءُ الصباح

    وصرتُ في حالي طريحْ

    And the light of morning appeared to me.

    And in my state I was laid low.

  3. في حبه قتلي صلاحْ

    نعمْ ونطلق بالبريحْ

    To be slain for love of him is good for me.

    Yes, and I cry out in anguish.

  4. قلي اَشْ عليا من جناحْ

    إِذا هويت بدرَ التمامْ

    Tell me, what blame is there on me

    if I love the full moon?

  5. في حبه قتلي صلاحْ

    لسيدي نرعي الزمام

    To be slain for love of him is good for me.

    For my master, I tend the reins.

  6. محمدٌ هو درهمي

    ندفعه حيثُ نسيرْ

    Muhammad is my dirham.

    I spend it wherever I go.

  7. وأصل المحبة موسمي

    نعم وهو عيدُ الكبيرْ

    And the root of love is my festival.

    Yes, and it is the great feast.

  8. هذا الشيء ما هو من شيمي

    مع كلِ صادقْ أو حقيرْ

    This thing is not in my nature,

    with every sincere or lowly person.

  9. العاشقين قالوا جناح

    إِذا هويت بدرَ التمام

    The lovers said it was a sin,

    if I love the full moon.

  10. في حبه قتلي صلاح

    لسيدي نرعى الزمامْ

    To be slain for love of him is good for me.

    For my master, I tend the reins.

  11. أقبل البدرُ علينا

    من ثنيات الوداعْ

    The full moon has come to us

    from the passes of al-Wadaʿ.

  12. وجب الشكرُ علينا

    ما دعا لله داعْ

    Gratitude is incumbent upon us

    as long as a caller calls to God.

  13. أيها المبعوثُ فينا

    حئت بالامرِ المطاع

    O you who were sent among us,

    you came with the command that is obeyed.

  14. أقبل البدرُ علينا

    واختفت منه البدورْ

    The full moon has come to us,

    and the full moons hid from him.

  15. مثلَ حسنكَ ما رأينا

    قطٌ يا وجه السرورْ

    We have seen no beauty like yours,

    ever, O face of joy!

  16. أنت شمس أنت بدرٌ

    أنت نورٌ فوقَ نورْ

    You are a sun; you are a full moon.

    You are light above light.

  17. أنت اكسيرٌ وغالي

    أنت مفتاحُ الصدورْ

    You are an elixir, and you are precious.

    You are the key to hearts.

  18. ما رأينا النوقَ حَنَّتْ

    في الدجى إِلا إِليكَ

    We have never seen the she-camels yearn

    in the darkness for anyone but you.

  19. والغمامة قد أظلتْ

    والمقرْ سلم عليكَ

    And the cloud has cast its shade,

    and the abode greeted you.

  20. وأتاك الجذعُ يبكي

    وتذلل بينْ يديكَ

    And the trunk came to you weeping,

    and humbled itself before you.

  21. واستجارْ يا حبيبي

    عندكَ الظبي النفورْ

    And refuge was sought, O my beloved,

    with you by the skittish gazelle.