رأيتُ مليحينِ لوْ أُنْصفا

رأيتُ مليحينِ لوْ أُنْصفا

إذا اجتمعا عُوِّذا بالرُّقى

إذا اجتمعا عُوِّذا بالرُّقى

I saw two beauties who, if given their due,

I saw two beauties, were I to describe them justly

would be protected with charms whenever they came together:

When together, they'd be protected by prayer

هلالَيْ دُجى وغزالي فلا

هلالَيْ دُجى وغزالي فلا

وشَمْسَيْ ضَحاءٍ وغُصْنَيْ نَقا

وشَمْسَيْ ضَحاءٍ وغُصْنَيْ نَقا

two crescents of night and two gazelles of the deserts,

Two moons of dark night and two gazelles of splendor

and two morning suns and two branches on a sand dune.

Two suns of daylight and two tender branches