ياO حُسْنَناour loveliness نَحْنُwe فيin لَهْوٍrevelry ولَيْلَتُناand our night
يا حُسْنَنا نَحْنُ في لَهْوٍ ولَيْلَتُنا
بِزَهْرِwith the blossoms of أَنْجُمِهاits stars تُرْمىare pelted العَفاريتُthe demons
بِزَهْرِ أَنْجُمِها تُرْمى العَفاريتُ
How lovely we are, at play, while in our night
Oh beauty, we are lost in delight, and our night
Demons are pelted with the blossoms of its stars.
with the flowers of its stars is haunted by sprites.
وقَدْand indeed تَضايَقَgrew tight فيin السُّكْرِdrunkenness العِناقُthe embrace بِناaround us
وقَدْ تَضايَقَ في السُّكْرِ العِناقُ بِنا
كَماjust as تَضايَقَpressed close together فيin النَّظْمِthe stringing اليَواقيتُthe rubies
كَما تَضايَقَ في النَّظْمِ اليَواقيتُ
And in drunkenness our embrace has tightened around us,
Embraced tight by our drunkenness, pressed to each other,
As rubies press close together on a string.
as gems on a bracelet, we lie close as beads.