1. أحْسَنْتِ أحسَنْتِ أُمَّ الحَسَنْ

    لَقَدْ جِئْتِ بالحُسْنِ في كُلِّ فَنْ

    Well done, well done, Umm al-Hasan!

    You have indeed brought beauty to every art.

  2. مُحَيّا عَجيبٌ وشَخْصٌ طَرُوبٌ

    وسَجْعٌ أديبٌ وصَوْتٌ حَسَنْ

    A wondrous face, a joyous figure,

    and refined cadences and a lovely voice.

  3. ألا بدِّلي يا ابْنَةَ الحُسْنَيَيْ

    نِ فَصْلِ الرَّبيعِ وَوَجْهِ الزَّمَنْ

    Come, change your robe, daughter of the two beauties—

    the spring season and the face of time—

  4. وهَاكِ فُؤاديَ خَلْعاً ومَا

    أراهُ يُوَفِّي بِبَعْضِ الثَّمَنْ

    and take my heart as a robe of honor; I do not

    think it pays even part of the price.

  5. فَدَيْتُكِ من بُلْبُلٍ هاجَ مِنْ

    بَلابلِ وَجْدِيَ ما قَدْ سَكنْ

    May I be your ransom, nightingale, who roused among

    the torments of my passion what had fallen still.