مزاجُك للمَثْنَى من العودِ والصَّبَا

مزاجُك للمَثْنَى من العودِ والصَّبَا

من الرِّيحِ والصّافي الرّحيقِ مِنَ الخَمْرِ

من الرِّيحِ والصّافي الرّحيقِ مِنَ الخَمْرِ

Your temperament accords with the lute’s second string and the east breeze

Your mood is for pairs of lute and breeze,

Among winds, and with the clear, pure nectar of wine.

Of wind and clear wine’s perfume.

فَلَوْ كُنْتَ نُوراً كُنْتَ وِرْداً مُضاعَفاً

فَلَوْ كُنْتَ نُوراً كُنْتَ وِرْداً مُضاعَفاً

ولو كنتُ طِيْباً كُنْتَ من عَنْبَرِ الشَّجَرِ

ولو كنتُ طِيْباً كُنْتَ من عَنْبَرِ الشَّجَرِ

So if you were a blossom, you would be a double rose.

If you were light, you would be a doubled rose.

And if I were perfume, you would be of the amber of trees.

If I were scent, you would be the trees' ambergris.

ولو كنتُ لَحْناً كُنْتَ تَأْلِيْفَ مَعْبَدٍ

ولو كنتُ لَحْناً كُنْتَ تَأْلِيْفَ مَعْبَدٍ

ولو كُنْتَ عُوداً ما افْتَقَرْتَ إلى زَمْرِ

ولو كُنْتَ عُوداً ما افْتَقَرْتَ إلى زَمْرِ

And if I were a melody, you would be a composition by Maʿbad.

If I were a tune, you would be Ma’bad’s composition.

And if you were a lute, you would have no need of piping.

If you were a lute, you would need no playing.