يَاO بَدْرَfull moon تَمٍّfullness سَلْوَتِيmy forgetting you كَمَحَاقِهِlike its dark phase
يَا بَدْرَ تَمٍّ سَلْوَتِي كَمَحَاقِهِ
وَمَحَبَّتِيand my love كَكَمَالِهِlike its fullness لَمْnot تُوصَفِbe described
وَمَحَبَّتِي كَكَمَالِهِ لَمْ تُوصَفِ
O full moon, my forgetting you is like its dark phase.
O full moon, my solace is like your fullness
And my love, like its fullness, has not been described.
And my love is like your perfection, beyond description
خَدَّاكَyour two cheeks تُفَّاحِيmy apples وَلَحْظُكَand your glance نَرْجِسِيmy narcissus
خَدَّاكَ تُفَّاحِي وَلَحْظُكَ نَرْجِسِي
وَسَنَاكَand your radiance مِصْباحِيmy lamp وَرِيقُكَand your saliva قَرْقَفِيmy wine
وَسَنَاكَ مِصْباحِي وَرِيقُكَ قَرْقَفِي
Your cheeks are my apples, and your glance my narcissus.
Your cheeks are my apples, and your glances my narcissi
And your radiance is my lamp, and your saliva my wine.
Your teeth my lamp, your saliva my sweet drink