طالعَتْني كطُلوعِ ال

طالعَتْني كطُلوعِ ال

بَدْرِ في وَجْهِ الصَّباحِ

بَدْرِ في وَجْهِ الصَّباحِ

She appeared before me like the rising of the

She rose before me like the moon

full moon in the face of morning,

Rising at dawn, a morning

كَصَباحٍ تَحْتَ لَيْلٍ

كَصَباحٍ تَحْتَ لَيْلٍ

وَدَعَتْني لاصْطِباحِ

وَدَعَتْني لاصْطِباحِ

like dawn beneath a night,

Under the veil of night,

and invited me to drink wine in the morning.

And called me to be whole.

فَأَجَبْناها بِلا مَنْ

فَأَجَبْناها بِلا مَنْ

عٍ إِلى تَرْكِ الصَّلاحِ

عٍ إِلى تَرْكِ الصَّلاحِ

So we answered her, without hin-

So we answered without restraint,

drance, to forsake righteousness.

Abandoning rectitude,

وَوَصَلْناها وَمَنْ يَصْ

وَوَصَلْناها وَمَنْ يَصْ

بِرُ عَنْ وَصْلِ المِلاحِ

بِرُ عَنْ وَصْلِ المِلاحِ

And we joined her—who can en-

And reached her, for who can refrain

dure forgoing union with the beautiful?

From joining the salt to the sweet?