إِذا ما زارَني بَرَكاتُ يَوماً

إِذا ما زارَني بَرَكاتُ يَوماً

فَذَلِكَ أَبرَكَ الأَيّامِ عِندي

فَذَلِكَ أَبرَكَ الأَيّامِ عِندي

If Barakat visits me one day,

When blessings visit me one day

that is the most blessed of days for me.

That is the most blessed day for me

رَشَأٌ مِن ريقِهِ راحي إِذا ما

رَشَأٌ مِن ريقِهِ راحي إِذا ما

ظَفَرتُ بِهِ وَمِن خَدَّيهِ وَردي

ظَفَرتُ بِهِ وَمِن خَدَّيهِ وَردي

A gazelle fawn—from his saliva comes my wine, whenever

A sprig whose saliva is my perfume if I

I win him, and from his cheeks my roses.

Get hold of it, and his cheek is my rose

لَهُ صُدغٌ كَصَدٍّ بَعدَ وَصلِ

لَهُ صُدغٌ كَصَدٍّ بَعدَ وَصلِ

عَلى خَدٍّ كَوَصلٍ بَعدَ صَدِّ

عَلى خَدٍّ كَوَصلٍ بَعدَ صَدِّ

He has a temple-lock like rejection after union,

He has a temple like reconciliation after estrangement

upon a cheek like union after rejection.

On a cheek like union after separation

يَتيهُ عَلى الغُصونِ إِذا تَثَنّى

يَتيهُ عَلى الغُصونِ إِذا تَثَنّى

بِلينِ مَعاطِفٍ وَبِحُسنِ قَدِّ

بِلينِ مَعاطِفٍ وَبِحُسنِ قَدِّ

He lords it over the boughs when he sways,

He wanders on the branches when he bends

with supple curves and a beautiful figure.

With the softness of sleeves and the beauty of the waist

إِذا ما كانَ عِشقُ فَتىً لِنَحسٍ

إِذا ما كانَ عِشقُ فَتىً لِنَحسٍ

فَما عِشقي لَهُ إِلّا لِسَعدي

فَما عِشقي لَهُ إِلّا لِسَعدي

If loving a youth brings ill fortune,

If the love of a young man is for an unlucky person

then my love for him brings only good fortune to me.

Then my love for him is only for my luck