ياah! حبَّذاhow lovely الزائرُthe visitor منamong زَوْرِvisitors
يا حبَّذا الزائرُ من زَوْرِ
شمسٌa sun بدتappeared فيin فَلَكِthe orbit of الكَوْرِthe camel saddle
شمسٌ بدت في فَلَكِ الكَوْرِ
Ah, how lovely the visitor among visitors!
How welcome is the visitor from visiting
A sun that appeared in the camel saddle’s orbit,
A sun appeared in the sphere of planets
فيin أخضرٍgreen يمشيwalks وفيand in أحمرٍred
في أخضرٍ يمشي وفي أحمرٍ
كالغصنِlike a branch فيamid الأوراقِthe leaves والنَّوْرand the blossoms
كالغصنِ في الأوراقِ والنَّوْر
Walking in green and in red,
In green she walks, and in red
Like a branch amid leaves and blossoms.
Like a branch in leaves and blossoms
جاريةٌa maiden تعدِلُacts justly فيin حُكمهاher judgment
جاريةٌ تعدِلُ في حُكمها
وخصرُهاand her waist يبكيweeps منَfrom الجورoppression
وخصرُها يبكي منَ الجور
A maiden, just in her judgment,
A damsel making justice in her rule
Yet her waist weeps from oppression.
And her waist crying from tyranny
عدوتُI overstepped طَوْرِيmy bounds فيin هَواهاlove for her وماand not
عدوتُ طَوْرِي في هَواها وما
إنemphasizing the negation زلتُI ceased أعدوI overstep فيin الهوىlove طَوْريmy bounds
إن زلتُ أعدو في الهوى طَوْري
I overstepped my bounds in loving her, and have not
I raced my steed in my love for her, and
Ceased to overstep my bounds in love.
If I stumbled, I raced again in love