وقالوا ابنة الحصريّ مالت بودّها

وقالوا ابنة الحصريّ مالت بودّها

إلى قلب عبد وهو في الود أميل

إلى قلب عبد وهو في الود أميل

And they said: Al-Ḥuṣrī’s daughter inclined her affection

They said the daughter of Al-Hosri inclined with her love

toward a slave’s heart, and he was more inclined to love.

Towards the heart of a slave while he was inclined to love

دجا بك في بحر الخطوب ملالة

دجا بك في بحر الخطوب ملالة

وصار لها عبدا يقول ويفعل

وصار لها عبدا يقول ويفعل

Weariness cast its gloom over you in the sea of troubles,

She rolled with you in a sea of courtship out of boredom

and he became her slave, speaking and acting.

And he became for her a slave who says and does

فقلت ولم آسف عليها بمثله

فقلت ولم آسف عليها بمثله

هنيئا لها ماء البشام وحنظل

هنيئا لها ماء البشام وحنظل

So I said, feeling no sorrow for her with one like him:

So I said, without saddening for her sake:

May she enjoy balsam water and colocynth!

Congratulations to her are the waters of Bisham and Henzel