يا هِندُ رُدّي الوَصلَ أَن يَتَصَرَّما

يا هِندُ رُدّي الوَصلَ أَن يَتَصَرَّما

وَصِلي اِمرأً كَلِفاً بِحُبِّك مُغرَما

وَصِلي اِمرأً كَلِفاً بِحُبِّك مُغرَما

O Hind, restore our bond lest it be severed,

O Hind, restore the union lest it wither

And keep close to a man passionately devoted to loving you, enamored.

And join a lover consumed with your love

لَو تَبذُلينَ لَنا دَلالَكِ مَرَّةً

لَو تَبذُلينَ لَنا دَلالَكِ مَرَّةً

لَم نَبغِ مِنكِ سِوى دَلالكِ محرَما

لَم نَبغِ مِنكِ سِوى دَلالكِ محرَما

If you offered us your coy charms just once,

If you would but grant us your flirtation once

We would seek nothing forbidden from you but your coy charms.

We would ask nothing more of you but what is forbidden

منعَ الزِّيارَةَ أَنَّ أَهلَكَ كُلَّهُم

منعَ الزِّيارَةَ أَنَّ أَهلَكَ كُلَّهُم

أَبدَوا لِزَورِكِ غِلظَةً وَتَجَهُّما

أَبدَوا لِزَورِكِ غِلظَةً وَتَجَهُّما

What prevented the visit was that all your family

Your family has forbidden visiting

Showed your visitors harshness and scowls.

Showing only harshness and frowning

ما ضَرَّ أَهلكِ لَو تَطَوَّف عاشِقٌ

ما ضَرَّ أَهلكِ لَو تَطَوَّف عاشِقٌ

بِفِناءِ بَيتِكَ أَو أَلَمَّ فَسَلَّما

بِفِناءِ بَيتِكَ أَو أَلَمَّ فَسَلَّما

What harm would it have done your family if a lover wandered

It would not harm your family if a lover

In your house's courtyard, or stopped by and offered a greeting?

Circled your house’s courtyard or knocked and greeted