إِنَّ المَليحَةَ آذَنَت بِتَرَحُّلٍ

إِنَّ المَليحَةَ آذَنَت بِتَرَحُّلٍ

فَاِقصِد سَبيلَ لِقائِها وَوَداعِها

فَاِقصِد سَبيلَ لِقائِها وَوَداعِها

Indeed, the beautiful woman has announced her departure.

The beauty has announced her departure

So make your way to meet her and bid her farewell.

So take the path to bid her farewell

آنَستُ مِن قَلبي الغَداةَ تَشَتُّتاً

آنَستُ مِن قَلبي الغَداةَ تَشَتُّتاً

فَبَكَيتُ قَبلَ تَشَتُّتِ اِستِجماعِها

فَبَكَيتُ قَبلَ تَشَتُّتِ اِستِجماعِها

This morning I sensed disarray in my heart;

In the morning my heart sensed fragmentation

So I wept before her gathering was scattered.

So I wept before its scattering could be gathered

إِنَّ الَّتي سَكَنَت فُؤادَكَ كاعِبٌ

إِنَّ الَّتي سَكَنَت فُؤادَكَ كاعِبٌ

حَوراءُ تَستُرُ وَجهَها بِذِراعِها

حَوراءُ تَستُرُ وَجهَها بِذِراعِها

Indeed, she who has settled in your heart is a maiden with rounded breasts,

She who dwelled in your heart is unfaithful

Dark-eyed, she covers her face with her arm.

A nymph who veils her face with her arms

وَكَأَنَّها جِنِّيَّةٌ وَكَأَنَّما

وَكَأَنَّها جِنِّيَّةٌ وَكَأَنَّما

هُدلُ الكُروم تَلوحُ تَحتَ قِناعِها

هُدلُ الكُروم تَلوحُ تَحتَ قِناعِها

And she is like a female jinn, and it is as though

As if she were a jinniyah, as though

The grapevines' drooping clusters gleam beneath her veil.

The dangling grapevines waved beneath her veil