وتَطْمَحُ فَواراتُها فَكَأَنَّها

وتَطْمَحُ فَواراتُها فَكَأَنَّها

دُموعَ المُحِبّينَ اسْتَهْلَّ هُمولُها

دُموعَ المُحِبّينَ اسْتَهْلَّ هُمولُها

And its jets soar, as though they were

And its springs gush forth as though they were

lovers’ tears whose flow has begun.

The tears of lovers shed at first sight of their beloved

تّمُدُّ إلى الجَوْزاءِ أَرْماحَ مائِها

تّمُدُّ إلى الجَوْزاءِ أَرْماحَ مائِها

فَتَذْعَرُها في أُفْقِها وتَرُوعُها

فَتَذْعَرُها في أُفْقِها وتَرُوعُها

It stretches its spears of water toward al-Jawza,

It thrusts its spears of water up to the Milky Way

so it startles her in her horizon and frightens her.

Startling it in its horizon and terrifying it