أَنَا أَفدِي مُغرَىً بصدِّي وهجري

أَنَا أَفدِي مُغرَىً بصدِّي وهجري

وهو شمسِي ضُحىً وفي الليل بَدْري

وهو شمسِي ضُحىً وفي الليل بَدْري

I would give my life for one bent on spurning and forsaking me.

I offer myself in sacrifice for the one whose love has enthralled me

He is my sun at midmorning, and at night my full moon.

He is my sun at dawn and my full moon in the night

يُنْبِتُ الوردَ خدُّه وبِفيهِ ال

يُنْبِتُ الوردَ خدُّه وبِفيهِ ال

عذبِ دُرٌّ يُسقَى سُلافَةَ خَمْرِ

عذبِ دُرٌّ يُسقَى سُلافَةَ خَمْرِ

His cheek makes roses bloom, and in his mouth—

His cheek grows roses; his sweet lips

So sweet—are pearls given the choicest wine to drink.

Yield pearls with wine’s sweet intoxication