لَقَد فَتَنَت رَيّا وَسَلّامَةُ القَسّا

لَقَد فَتَنَت رَيّا وَسَلّامَةُ القَسّا

فَلَم تَترُكا لِلقَسِّ عَقلاً وَلا نَفسا

فَلَم تَترُكا لِلقَسِّ عَقلاً وَلا نَفسا

Indeed, Rayyā and Sallāma have bewitched the priest,

Reya and Sallama have captivated the monks,

so they left the priest neither mind nor soul.

Leaving them no sense or soul.

وَما اِستَعبَدَ الرُهبانَ بِالدَيرِ مِنهُما

وَما اِستَعبَدَ الرُهبانَ بِالدَيرِ مِنهُما

وَلَم يَستَحِلّا لا حَراماً وَلا نَجسا

وَلَم يَستَحِلّا لا حَراماً وَلا نَجسا

And what enslaved the monks in the monastery came from them both;

Neither has enslaved the monks in the monastery,

and neither deemed anything forbidden or unclean lawful.

Nor found unlawful or impure.

فَتاتانِ أَمّا مِنهُما فَشَبيهَةُ ال

فَتاتانِ أَمّا مِنهُما فَشَبيهَةُ ال

هِلالِ وَالاِخرى مِنهُما تُشبِهُ الشَمسا

هِلالِ وَالاِخرى مِنهُما تُشبِهُ الشَمسا

Two maidens: one of them is like the

Two maidens, one resembles the crescent moon,

crescent moon, and the other resembles the sun.

While the other resembles the radiant sun.

فَتاتانِ في سَعدِ السُعودِ وُلِدتُما

فَتاتانِ في سَعدِ السُعودِ وُلِدتُما

وَلَم تَلقَيا يَوماً هَواناً وَلا نَحسا

وَلَم تَلقَيا يَوماً هَواناً وَلا نَحسا

Two maidens, you were born under Saʿd al-Suʿūd,

Two maidens born in auspicious times,

and never encountered humiliation or ill fortune.

Never knowing disgrace or gloom.

تُكِنّانِ أَبشاراً رِقاقاً وَأَوجُهاً

تُكِنّانِ أَبشاراً رِقاقاً وَأَوجُهاً

حِساناً وَأَطرافاً مُخَضَّبَةً مُلسا

حِساناً وَأَطرافاً مُخَضَّبَةً مُلسا

You both conceal delicate skin and faces

With tender skins, gentle faces

beautiful, and smooth, henna-dyed hands and feet.

And dyed fingertips ever so soft.