انْفَرَطَ العِقْدُ وَيَا حُسْنَهُ

انْفَرَطَ العِقْدُ وَيَا حُسْنَهُ

حَبَّاتُهُ تَجْرِي كَقِطْرِ النَّدَى

حَبَّاتُهُ تَجْرِي كَقِطْرِ النَّدَى

The necklace has come apart—and oh, how lovely it is!

The necklace is undone, yet what beauty

Its beads flow like drops of dew.

Its beads trickling like drops of dew

لاَ انْفَرَطَ العِقْدُ الَّذِي ضَمَّكُمْ

لاَ انْفَرَطَ العِقْدُ الَّذِي ضَمَّكُمْ

وَلَيْكُ ذَاكَ العِقْدُ نِعْمَ الفِدَى

وَلَيْكُ ذَاكَ العِقْدُ نِعْمَ الفِدَى

May the necklace that united you never come apart.

The necklace binding you is not undone

And let that necklace be a fine ransom.

That necklace is indeed priceless

أَمَّا الَّتِي قَلَّدَهُ جِيدُهَا

أَمَّا الَّتِي قَلَّدَهُ جِيدُهَا

وَحَبَّذَا الجِّيدُ وَمَا قُلِّدَا

وَحَبَّذَا الجِّيدُ وَمَا قُلِّدَا

As for her whose neck adorned it—

As for her who wore it around her neck

And how lovely the neck and what was adorned!

And the neck extolled what it was adorned with

لَوِ أَنَّ شَيْئاً زَائِلاً حُسْنُهُ

لَوِ أَنَّ شَيْئاً زَائِلاً حُسْنُهُ

خُلِّدَ كَانَ العِقْدُ قَدْ خُلِدَا

خُلِّدَ كَانَ العِقْدُ قَدْ خُلِدَا

If something whose beauty fades

If something fleeting yet beautiful

Were made immortal, the necklace would have been immortalized.

Could be made eternal, the necklace would have been eternalized