توارت بالحجاب فما ثناها

توارت بالحجاب فما ثناها

ولا وارى عن العاني سناها

ولا وارى عن العاني سناها

She hid behind the veil, yet it did not hold her back,

She was veiled, yet nothing could conceal her,

Nor conceal her radiance from the captive.

Nor could her splendor from my eyes conceal.

وكيف تغيب ريّاً في حجابٍ

وكيف تغيب ريّاً في حجابٍ

توارى بالغزالة من بهاها

توارى بالغزالة من بهاها

And how could Rayya vanish behind a veil

How could she in a veil herself conceal,

That vanished, with the sun, before her splendor?

When with her grace the gazelle cannot conceal?

بربكما سلاها عن فؤادٍ

بربكما سلاها عن فؤادٍ

سلا طيب الحياة وما سلاها

سلا طيب الحياة وما سلاها

By the Lord of you both, ask her about a heart

I beg you both, leave off this constant grief,

That has forgotten life's sweetness, but has not forgotten her.

Forget the bitter past, the cares that sear.

عساها أن تعود به لداري

عساها أن تعود به لداري

وتنعشني بكأسٍ من لَماها

وتنعشني بكأسٍ من لَماها

May she return with it to my home,

May she come back to me, to my abode,

And revive me with a cup from her dusky lips.

And with a cup, my wasted life refresh.