لَو لَم يَكُن قَمَرٌ إِذا ما زُرتُكُم

لَو لَم يَكُن قَمَرٌ إِذا ما زُرتُكُم

يَهدي إِلى نَهجِ الطَريقِ الواضِحِ

يَهدي إِلى نَهجِ الطَريقِ الواضِحِ

Were there no moon when I visited you,

Had there been no moon when I visited you

To guide me along the road’s clear course,

To light the clear path before me,

لَتَوَقَّدَ الشَوقُ المُبَرِّحُ مُهجَتي

لَتَوَقَّدَ الشَوقُ المُبَرِّحُ مُهجَتي

حَتّى تُضيءُ الأَرضُ بَينَ جَوانِحي

حَتّى تُضيءُ الأَرضُ بَينَ جَوانِحي

Tormenting longing would set my heart ablaze,

Yearning would have flared within my heart

Until the earth shone between my ribs.

To illuminate the earth amid my ribs.