يَاقُوتَ أحسنتِ ما قد قُلتِ بِالعُودِ

يَاقُوتَ أحسنتِ ما قد قُلتِ بِالعُودِ

وما نَطَقتِ بِهِ أحسَنتِهِ عُودِي

وما نَطَقتِ بِهِ أحسَنتِهِ عُودِي

Yaqut, how well you have spoken to the oud’s accompaniment;

and what you uttered, you rendered beautifully. Come back.

فِي لِي بِوَعدِي فَإبرِيلٌ مَضَى وَأَتَت

فِي لِي بِوَعدِي فَإبرِيلٌ مَضَى وَأَتَت

مِن بَعدِه أشهرٌ فِي لِي بِمَوعُودِي

مِن بَعدِه أشهرٌ فِي لِي بِمَوعُودِي

Fulfil the promise made to me, for April has passed, and there have come

months after it. Fulfil for me what I was promised.