مِن عاشِقَينِ تَراسَلا وَتَواعَدا

مِن عاشِقَينِ تَراسَلا وَتَواعَدا

بِلِقاً إِذا نَجمُ الثُرَيّا حَلَّقا

بِلِقاً إِذا نَجمُ الثُرَيّا حَلَّقا

Of two lovers who exchanged messages and agreed

Two lovers who corresponded and made a tryst

to meet when the star of the Pleiades rose high.

To meet when the Pleiades star rose high

بَعَثا أَمامَهُما مَخَافَةَ رقبَةٍ

بَعَثا أَمامَهُما مَخَافَةَ رقبَةٍ

رَصَداً فَمَزَّقَ عَنهُما ما مَزَّقا

رَصَداً فَمَزَّقَ عَنهُما ما مَزَّقا

They sent ahead of them, for fear of being watched,

They sent ahead a watchman for their necks’ protection

a lookout, who drove away from them whatever he drove away.

To keep guard, but he tore them from each other anyway

باتا بِأَنعَمِ لَيلَةٍ وَأَلَذِّها

باتا بِأَنعَمِ لَيلَةٍ وَأَلَذِّها

حَتّى إِذا وَضَحَ الصَباحُ تَفَرَّقا

حَتّى إِذا وَضَحَ الصَباحُ تَفَرَّقا

They spent the most blissful and delightful of nights,

They spent the night’s most blissful, sweetest hours

until, when morning grew bright, they parted.

Until dawn’s light broke clearly and they went their separate ways