أَنا الكَئيبُ الّذي لَيلاً يُراعي النَّجم

أَنا الكَئيبُ الّذي لَيلاً يُراعي النَّجم

وَظَل هايِم وَيرعَى في الجَبالِ النّجم

وَظَل هايِم وَيرعَى في الجَبالِ النّجم

I am the sorrowful one who watches the star at night,

I am the melancholic one who at night tends the star,

And has remained a lovesick wanderer, grazing on herbage in the mountains.

And roams lost, tending in the mountains the star.

أَقسَمت بِالشّمس بَدري وَالقَمر وَالنّجم

أَقسَمت بِالشّمس بَدري وَالقَمر وَالنّجم

أَنّك فَريدِ المَحاسِن وَالبَها وَالظّرف

أَنّك فَريدِ المَحاسِن وَالبَها وَالظّرف

I swore by the sun, O my full moon, and by the moon and the star,

I swear by the sun, my moon, the star,

That you are unrivaled in beauty, splendor, and grace,

That you are unique in beauty, and grace, and charm,

وَالبَدر عَبدَك وَلَكِنّك تَسمّى النّجم

وَالبَدر عَبدَك وَلَكِنّك تَسمّى النّجم

And the full moon is your servant, yet you are called the Star.

The full moon is your slave, yet you are called a star.