سألتُها أن تُعيدَ لَفْظاً

سألتُها أن تُعيدَ لَفْظاً

قالتْ أصمّ دعوه يعذرْ

قالتْ أصمّ دعوه يعذرْ

I asked her to repeat a word.

I asked her to repeat a word,

She said, "He's deaf—let him be excused."

She said, "Deaf one, let it pass."

حديثُهَا سكرٌ شهيّ

حديثُهَا سكرٌ شهيّ

وأطيبُ السكرِ المُكَرَّر

وأطيبُ السكرِ المُكَرَّر

Her speech is delicious sugar,

Her talk is sweet intoxication,

And the sweetest sugar is that refined again.

And sweetest is repeated intoxication.