بَرَزَ البَدرُ في جَوارٍ تَهادى

بَرَزَ البَدرُ في جَوارٍ تَهادى

مُخطَفاتِ الخُصورِ مُعتَجِراتِ

مُخطَفاتِ الخُصورِ مُعتَجِراتِ

The full moon emerged, gliding gracefully among maidens,

The full moon rose in the horizon, swaying

Slender-waisted, with veils wrapped about their heads.

The veiled ladies, cloaked in their beauty

فَتَنَفَّستُ ثُمَّ قُلتُ لِبِكرٍ

فَتَنَفَّستُ ثُمَّ قُلتُ لِبِكرٍ

عَجَّلَت في الحَياةِ لي خَيباتِ

عَجَّلَت في الحَياةِ لي خَيباتِ

So I sighed, then said to a maiden

I took a deep breath then said to the morning:

Who had hastened disappointments for me in life:

"You have hastened life's disappointments for me"

هَل سَبيلٌ إِلى الَّتي لا أُبالي

هَل سَبيلٌ إِلى الَّتي لا أُبالي

بَعدَها أَن أَموتَ قَبلَ وَفاتي

بَعدَها أَن أَموتَ قَبلَ وَفاتي

“Is there a way to her? I would not care,

Is there a way to her, who I do not care

After her, if I died before my time.”

If after her I die before my time