وَجْهُكِyour face طَلْعَـةُthe rising of بـَدْرٍa full moon
وَجْهُكِ طَلْعَـةُ بـَدْرٍ
خَــدُّكِyour cheek قِطْعَــةُa piece of سُكَّــرْsugar
خَــدُّكِ قِطْعَــةُ سُكَّــرْ
Your face is a full moon rising.
Your cheek is a piece of sugar.
عَامُنَاour year لَفَّتْهُenfolded it اللَّيَــالِيthe nights
عَامُنَا لَفَّتْهُ اللَّيَــالِي
وَالمَدَىand the span of time بِالسَّعْدِwith joy يُذْكَرْis remembered
وَالمَدَى بِالسَّعْدِ يُذْكَرْ
The nights have enfolded our year,
and that span is remembered with joy.
نَفْسِيmy soul فِيin قَبْضَةِthe grip of شَوْقٍlonging
نَفْسِي فِي قَبْضَةِ شَوْقٍ
مِسْكُهُits musk ;لُبْنَىLubna; وَأَعْطَرْand more fragrant
مِسْكُهُ ;لُبْنَى; وَأَعْطَرْ
My soul is in the grip of longing,
whose musk is Lubna—and more fragrant still.
كُـلَّمَاwhenever لَاحَappeared صَـبَاحٌa morning
كُـلَّمَا لَاحَ صَـبَاحٌ
نُورُكِyour light السَّاحِرُenchanting أَسْفَرْshone forth
نُورُكِ السَّاحِرُ أَسْفَرْ
Whenever a morning dawns,
your enchanting light shines forth.
وَانْثَنَىand bent بِالشَّوْقِwith longing قَلْبٌa heart
وَانْثَنَى بِالشَّوْقِ قَلْبٌ
فِيin مُحَـيَّاكِyour countenance وَأَزْهَــرْand blossomed
فِي مُحَـيَّاكِ وَأَزْهَــرْ
And a heart bent with longing
and blossomed in your countenance.
يَاO حَبِيباًbeloved فِيin فُؤادِيmy heart
يَا حَبِيباً فِي فُؤادِي
كَعَبِيرِlike the fragrance of الوَرْدِroses يُنْشَرْis diffused
كَعَبِيرِ الوَرْدِ يُنْشَرْ
O beloved within my heart,
spreading like the fragrance of roses.
إِنَّindeed لُقْيَاكِmeeting you لَعَمْرِيby my life
إِنَّ لُقْيَاكِ لَعَمْرِي
كَالهَنَاlike the joy بِالعِيدِat Eid يُظـفَـرْis attained
كَالهَنَا بِالعِيدِ يُظـفَـرْ
Indeed, meeting you—by my life—
is like the joy found at Eid.