ومهفهفِ أَبهى من القمر

ومهفهفِ أَبهى من القمر

قمر الفؤاد بفاتن النظرِ

قمر الفؤاد بفاتن النظرِ

And a slender youth, more radiant than the moon,

Moon-like, more radiant than the moon,

Captured my heart with his bewitching gaze.

The moon of my heart with the charms of its glance,

خالسته تفاحَ وجنته

خالسته تفاحَ وجنته

فأخذتُها منه على غَرَرِ

فأخذتُها منه على غَرَرِ

I stole from him the apples of his cheek,

Its dimples are apples and its cheeks a garden,

And took them from him at my peril.

So I stole it unawares,

فأخافني قوم فقلت لهم

فأخافني قوم فقلت لهم

لا قطع في ثَمَرٍ ولا كَثَرِ

لا قطع في ثَمَرٍ ولا كَثَرِ

Then some people frightened me, so I said to them:

Then some people made me afraid, and I said to them,

“No hand is cut off for fruit or palm pith.”

No cutting the fruit, nor depriving it overmuch.