زارَ وَالناسُ نِيامُ

زارَ وَالناسُ نِيامُ

فَعَلى البَدرِ السَلامُ

فَعَلى البَدرِ السَلامُ

He visited while the people slept.

He visited while the people slept

So peace be upon the full moon!

So greetings to the full moon

زائِرٌ فيهِ حَياءٌ

زائِرٌ فيهِ حَياءٌ

وَوَقارٌ وَاِحتِشامُ

وَوَقارٌ وَاِحتِشامُ

A visitor with modesty,

A visitor in whom there is shyness

dignity, and reserve.

And dignity and modesty

زَورَةٌ أَوجَبَها لي

زَورَةٌ أَوجَبَها لي

مِنهُ وُدٌّ وَذِمامُ

مِنهُ وُدٌّ وَذِمامُ

A visit owed to me

A visit he made obligatory for me

through his affection and his bond of loyalty.

Out of love and yearning from him

أَتُرى كانَت مَناماً

أَتُرى كانَت مَناماً

حَبَّذا ذاكَ المَنامُ

حَبَّذا ذاكَ المَنامُ

Do you think it was a dream?

I wonder was it a dream?

How lovely that dream was!

Excellent was that dream

فَلَثَمتُ البَدرَ في جُن

فَلَثَمتُ البَدرَ في جُن

حِ الدُجى وَهوَ تَمامُ

حِ الدُجى وَهوَ تَمامُ

Then I kissed the full moon under the cover

So I kissed the full moon in the darkness of night while he was complete

of darkness, while it was full.

And I embraced the delicate branch, bent by kisses

وَاِعتَنَقتُ الغُصنَ رَيّا

وَاِعتَنَقتُ الغُصنَ رَيّا

نَ تُثَنّيهِ المُدامُ

نَ تُثَنّيهِ المُدامُ

And I embraced the lush branch,

O you who blame me for him

which the wine makes sway.

Reproach for him was made good for me

أَيُّها اللائِمُ فيهِ

أَيُّها اللائِمُ فيهِ

طابَ لي فيهِ المَلامُ

طابَ لي فيهِ المَلامُ

O you who reproach me for him,

Indeed, he who has a beloved like my beloved is not to be blamed

reproach on his account is sweet to me.

إِنَّ مَن كانَ لَهُ مِث

إِنَّ مَن كانَ لَهُ مِث

لُ حَبيبي لا يُلامُ

لُ حَبيبي لا يُلامُ

Indeed, whoever has one like

my beloved is not to be blamed.