رأيتُ مليحينِ لو أُنصفا

رأيتُ مليحينِ لو أُنصفا

إذا اجتمعا عُوِّذا بالرقى

إذا اجتمعا عُوِّذا بالرقى

I saw two beauties who, were they given their due,

I saw two beauties, if I judge fairly

Would be protected with incantations whenever they met:

When joined, protected by talismans

غزالَيْ فلا وهلالَيْ دجى

غزالَيْ فلا وهلالَيْ دجى

وشمسَيْ ضحى وقضيبَيْ نقا

وشمسَيْ ضحى وقضيبَيْ نقا

Two gazelles of the wilderness, two crescents of the night,

My gazelles, not at all like the new moon's crescent

And two suns of midmorning, and two slender boughs on a dune.

My suns at noon, my rods erect