يا مَن إِذا نادَيتُ في ظُلَمٍ

يا مَن إِذا نادَيتُ في ظُلَمٍ

فَكَأَنَّما نادَيتُ بِالشَمسِ

فَكَأَنَّما نادَيتُ بِالشَمسِ

O you—when I call to you in darkness,

O You who when I call in the darkness

it is as though I called to the sun.

It is as though I called the sun

وَإِذا اِجتَلَيتُ عُقودَ أَشطُرِهِ

وَإِذا اِجتَلَيتُ عُقودَ أَشطُرِهِ

ظَفِرَ الهَوى بِمَراشِفٍ لُعسِ

ظَفِرَ الهَوى بِمَراشِفٍ لُعسِ

And when I behold the necklaces of his half-verses,

And when I string together his couplets

love wins dusky lips.

Passion finds pillows of happiness