أَيا سافِراً وَرِداءُ الخَجَل

أَيا سافِراً وَرِداءُ الخَجَل

مُقيمٌ بِوَجنَتِهِ لَم يَزَل

مُقيمٌ بِوَجنَتِهِ لَم يَزَل

O traveler, while the cloak of bashfulness

O unveiled one, while the mantle of bashfulness

Still dwells, as ever, upon his cheek—

Still abides upon his cheek.

بِعَيشِكَ رُدَّ عَلَيكَ اللَثامَ

بِعَيشِكَ رُدَّ عَلَيكَ اللَثامَ

أَخافُ عَلَيكَ جِراحَ المُقَل

أَخافُ عَلَيكَ جِراحَ المُقَل

By your life, draw the veil back over your face;

By your life, draw the veil back over yourself;

I fear for you the wounds of gazing eyes.

I fear for you the wounds dealt by eyes.

فَما حَقُّ حُسنِكَ أَن يُجتَلى

فَما حَقُّ حُسنِكَ أَن يُجتَلى

وَلا حَقُّ وَجهِكَ أَن يُبتَذَل

وَلا حَقُّ وَجهِكَ أَن يُبتَذَل

Your beauty does not deserve to be exposed,

For your beauty ought not to be gazed upon,

Nor does your face deserve to be made commonplace.

Nor should your face be cheapened.

أَمِنتُ عَلَيكَ صُروفَ الزَمانِ

أَمِنتُ عَلَيكَ صُروفَ الزَمانِ

كَما قَد أَمِنَت عَلَيَّ المَلَل

كَما قَد أَمِنَت عَلَيَّ المَلَل

I have no fear for you from the turns of time,

I trust you are safe from time’s vicissitudes,

Just as you have no fear that I shall ever weary.

Just as you trust that I will never weary of you.