يا ربّة الحسن والإيناسِ والخَفَرِ

يا ربّة الحسن والإيناسِ والخَفَرِ

تعهّديني بطيبِ الذّكر والأثرِ

تعهّديني بطيبِ الذّكر والأثرِ

O lady of beauty, companionable charm, and modest grace,

O lady of beauty, warmth, and modesty,

Keep me in your care with kindly remembrance and a lasting token.

Tend to me with sweet remembrance and influence.

زوّدتِ عيني وقَلبي ما سأنظمُه

زوّدتِ عيني وقَلبي ما سأنظمُه

شعراً وشعري هو الرّ يا من الزّهَر

شعراً وشعري هو الرّ يا من الزّهَر

You have given my eye and heart what I shall weave into verse:

You furnished my eye and heart with what I shall compose

your two poems, and mine—goodness itself, O flower among flowers.

As verse; and my verse is the fragrance of flowers.

إليكِ أُهدي رياحيني التي نضَرَت

إليكِ أُهدي رياحيني التي نضَرَت

وأنت ريحانةٌ للسمعِ والبصَر

وأنت ريحانةٌ للسمعِ والبصَر

To you I offer my fragrant blossoms, which have bloomed;

To you I offer my fragrant blooms, which have flourished,

and you are a fragrant blossom to ear and eye.

And you are a fragrant bloom to the ear and eye.

هذي الرياحينُ من روحي مقدَّمةٌ

هذي الرياحينُ من روحي مقدَّمةٌ

إِلى التي روحُها من نفحةِ السَحَر

إِلى التي روحُها من نفحةِ السَحَر

These blossoms, from my soul, are offered

These fragrant blooms from my soul are offered

to her whose spirit is of a breath from the hour before dawn.

To her whose soul is of a breath before dawn.