ما زارَني الحَبيبُ في الظَلماءِ

ما زارَني الحَبيبُ في الظَلماءِ

إِلّا بَدَتِ الشَمسُ لِعَينِ الرائي

إِلّا بَدَتِ الشَمسُ لِعَينِ الرائي

Never did my beloved visit me in the darkness

My beloved did not visit me in the darkness

without the sun appearing to the beholder's eye.

Except the sun appeared to my beholding eye

مِن غَيرَتها السِترَ عَلَينا هَتَكَت

مِن غَيرَتها السِترَ عَلَينا هَتَكَت

لا شَكَّ كَذاكَ ضرَّةُ الحَسناءِ

لا شَكَّ كَذاكَ ضرَّةُ الحَسناءِ

Out of her jealousy, she tore away the veil covering us;

Out of her jealousy she tore away the veil from us

No doubt, that is how a beauty's co-wife behaves.

Without doubt, such is the harm of a beautiful woman