غَلطَ الحَبيبُ فَزارَني في لَيلَةٍ

غَلطَ الحَبيبُ فَزارَني في لَيلَةٍ

وَعَلى العَفافِ لَهُ اِعتَنقت وَلي اِعتَنق

وَعَلى العَفافِ لَهُ اِعتَنقت وَلي اِعتَنق

The beloved erred and visited me one night;

My beloved was wrong, so he visited me one night

And chastely I embraced him, and he embraced me,

And I embraced his virtue, though he did not embrace me

حَتّى تَبَدّى الفَجرُ مُبتَسِماً لَنا

حَتّى تَبَدّى الفَجرُ مُبتَسِماً لَنا

وَاِنشقّ صَدرُ الشّوقِ عنهُ وَاِنفَلَق

وَاِنشقّ صَدرُ الشّوقِ عنهُ وَاِنفَلَق

Until dawn appeared, smiling at us,

Until dawn's smile appeared before us

And longing’s breast split open to reveal it and was cleft apart.

And the chest of yearning for him split open and cracked