قَد كُنتُ أَكتُمُ ما تُجِنُّ جَوانِحي

قَد كُنتُ أَكتُمُ ما تُجِنُّ جَوانِحي

حَذَرَ الوُشاةِ عَليكِ وَالرُقَباءِ

حَذَرَ الوُشاةِ عَليكِ وَالرُقَباءِ

I had kept hidden what my breast harbored,

I concealed what my innermost being did to me

Fearing for you the talebearers and the watchers,

Fearing the slanderers' talk about you and the spies

حَتّى أَعارَتني المُدامَةُ نَشوَةً

حَتّى أَعارَتني المُدامَةُ نَشوَةً

فَوَشَت بِحُبِّكِ نَشوَةُ الصَهباءِ

فَوَشَت بِحُبِّكِ نَشوَةُ الصَهباءِ

Until wine lent me rapture,

Until intoxication lent me an intoxication

And the rapture of tawny wine betrayed my love for you.

And the intoxication of the blond wine told of my love for you