سُروري كانَ أَن أَلقاكَ يَوماً

سُروري كانَ أَن أَلقاكَ يَوماً

لِأَجلِ مَحاسِنٍ لَكَ أَجتَليها

لِأَجلِ مَحاسِنٍ لَكَ أَجتَليها

My joy was that I might meet you one day,

My joy was to meet you one day,

to behold the beauties that are yours.

To behold the charms that are yours.

فَلَمّا غابَ عَن عَيني كَراها

فَلَمّا غابَ عَن عَيني كَراها

خَلَت مِن ساكِنٍ فَسَكَنتُ فيها

خَلَت مِن ساكِنٍ فَسَكَنتُ فيها

But when slumber vanished from my eye,

Then, when slumber left my eye,

it stood empty of a dweller, so I settled within it.

It stood empty of a dweller, so I dwelt within it.

سَأُكرِمُها لِحُرمَةِ مَن حَوَتهُ

سَأُكرِمُها لِحُرمَةِ مَن حَوَتهُ

وَإِكرامُ الدِيارِ لِساكِنيها

وَإِكرامُ الدِيارِ لِساكِنيها

I shall honor it for the sanctity of the one it held;

I shall honor it out of respect for the one it held;

for dwellings are honored for the sake of those who dwell in them.

And dwellings are honored for their inhabitants’ sake.