شَرِبْنا عَلَى النَّهْرِ لَمَّا بَدَا

شَرِبْنا عَلَى النَّهْرِ لَمَّا بَدَا

بِمَوْجٍ يَزِيدُ وَلا يَنْقُصُ

بِمَوْجٍ يَزِيدُ وَلا يَنْقُصُ

We drank beside the river when it appeared

We drank by the river when it began

With waves that swell and do not diminish,

With a wave that grew but did not abate

كَأَنَّ تَكَاثُفَ أَمْواجِهِ

كَأَنَّ تَكَاثُفَ أَمْواجِهِ

مَعَاطِفُ جَارِيَةٍ تَرْقُصُ

مَعَاطِفُ جَارِيَةٍ تَرْقُصُ

As though the clustering of its waves

As if the crowding of its waves

Were the curves of a dancing maiden.

Were the cloaks of a dancing maid