بأبى الزائر الذي ملأَ اللَّحْ

بأبى الزائر الذي ملأَ اللَّحْ

ظَ بهاءً وكلَّ قلبٍ سرورا

ظَ بهاءً وكلَّ قلبٍ سرورا

May my father be ransom for the visitor who filled the gaze

With the father of the visitor who filled the cheeks with splendor

with radiance, and every heart with joy.

And every heart with joy,

خِلْتُه البدرَ مقبِلاً وقديماً

خِلْتُه البدرَ مقبِلاً وقديماً

كان آباؤه الكرامُ بدورا

كان آباؤه الكرامُ بدورا

I thought him the full moon as he approached; and long ago

I left him as the full moon rising though long ago

his noble forefathers were full moons.

His noble fathers were Bedouins,

زادَ داري أُنْساً فيا ليت أنِّي

زادَ داري أُنْساً فيا ليت أنِّي

كلَّ يومٍ به أروح مَزُورا

كلَّ يومٍ به أروح مَزُورا

He brought greater cheer to my home—oh, would that I

He brought charm to my house, would that

might end each day having been visited by him.

Every day I could go to visit him