يا حُسْنَ لَيْنُوفَرٍ شُغِفْتُ به

يا حُسْنَ لَيْنُوفَرٍ شُغِفْتُ به

يمنَحُه الماءُ صفْوَ مشروبِهْ

يمنَحُه الماءُ صفْوَ مشروبِهْ

How lovely the water lily I am enamored of!

O beauty of a soft Nile, I am smitten with it,

The water grants it the purest of its drink.

The water gives it the purity of its drink,

كأنه عاشقٌ به ظمأ

كأنه عاشقٌ به ظمأ

توهَّمَ الماءَ ريقَ محبوبِهْ

توهَّمَ الماءَ ريقَ محبوبِهْ

As though it were a lover stricken with thirst,

As if it were a lover thirsty for it,

Who imagined the water to be his beloved’s saliva.

Imagining the water as the saliva of its beloved.