رُبَّ يَوْمٍ بِوَصْلِها سَاعَدَ الدَّهْ

رُبَّ يَوْمٍ بِوَصْلِها سَاعَدَ الدَّهْ

رُ تَسَاوَى صَباحُهُ والمَساءُ

رُ تَسَاوَى صَباحُهُ والمَساءُ

Many a day Fate favored us with union with her;

Many a day her company has helped pass the time away,

its morning and evening were alike.

Its morning equaled the evening in pleasure for me.

سَاعَدَتْنا ساعاتُهُ بِحَديثٍ

سَاعَدَتْنا ساعاتُهُ بِحَديثٍ

رَقَّ حَتَّى جَفا لَدَيْهِ الهَواءُ

رَقَّ حَتَّى جَفا لَدَيْهِ الهَواءُ

Its hours favored us with conversation

Her conversation has beguiled many hours for us,

so delicate that the air seemed coarse beside it.

So refined that even the air around her seemed rarefied.

وَتَخَبّا وَجْهُ الغَزَالةِ عَنّا

وَتَخَبّا وَجْهُ الغَزَالةِ عَنّا

وعليْنا مِنَ الغَمامِ خِباءُ

وعليْنا مِنَ الغَمامِ خِباءُ

And the sun's face hid itself from us,

The face of the lovely gazelle turned from us,

and over us lay a tent of clouds.

As clouds spread their canopy over us.