1. بالشط لي سكنٌ أفديه من سكنِ

    أهدى من الآس لي غصنين في غصُنِ

    By the riverbank I have a beloved, for whom I would give my life—what a beloved!

    He gave me two sprigs of myrtle on a single bough.

  2. فقلت اذ نظما إلفين والتبسا

    سقياً ورعياً لفألٍ فيكما حسنِ

    So I said, when they were joined as two lovers and entwined:

    May the good omen in you both be watered and tended!

  3. فالآس لا شكَّ آسٍ من تشوقنا

    شافٍ وآسٍ لنا يبقى على الزمن

    For the myrtle is, without doubt, a healer of our longing,

    Healing and consoling us, enduring through time.

  4. أبشر تُماني باسبابٍ ستجمعنا

    ان شاء ربي ومهما يقضه يكنِ

    You two have given me glad tidings of ties that will bring us together,

    If my Lord wills; whatever He decrees shall be.