لِحافي لِحافُ الضَيفِ وَالبَيتُ بَيتُهُ

لِحافي لِحافُ الضَيفِ وَالبَيتُ بَيتُهُ

وَلَم يُلهِني عَنهُ غَزالٌ مُقَنَّعُ

وَلَم يُلهِني عَنهُ غَزالٌ مُقَنَّعُ

My blanket is the guest’s blanket, and the house is his house.

My blanket is the blanket of the guest and the house is his house

And no veiled gazelle has distracted me from him.

And no veiled gazelle has distracted me from him

أُحَدِّثُهُ إِنَّ الحَديثَ مِن القِرى

أُحَدِّثُهُ إِنَّ الحَديثَ مِن القِرى

وَتَكلَأُ عَيني عَينَهُ حينَ يَهجَعُ

وَتَكلَأُ عَيني عَينَهُ حينَ يَهجَعُ

I converse with him; indeed, conversation is part of hospitality.

I talk to him that talk is from the villages

And my eye guards his eye when he sleeps.

And my eye meets his eye when he lies down