أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً بِالظَّبْيِ الأَغْيَدْ

أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً بِالظَّبْيِ الأَغْيَدْمُكَحَّلِ العَيْنَيْنِ وَرْدِي الخَدْ

Ahlan wasahlan bi-aẓ-ẓabyi al-ʾaghyad, Mukaḥḥali al-ʿaynayni wardī al-khad

Welcome, welcome to the graceful gazelle, with kohl-dark eyes and rosy cheeks,

عَذْبِ اللَّمَى الدُّرِّيْ رُشَيِّقِ القَدّوَافَى حِمَانَا فِي الصَّبَاحْ الأَسْعَدْ

ʿadhbi al-lamā ad-durriy rushayyiqi al-qadd, Wāfā ḥimānā fī aṣ-ṣabāḥ al-ʾasʿad

Sweet-lipped, pearl-toothed, slender of form, who came to our sanctuary on the most fortunate morning.

فَقُلْتُ خَيِّمْ يَا مَلِيحْ يَا زِيْنْوَابْشِرْ فَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتَ قُرَّةَ العِيْنْ

Faqultu khayyim yā malīḥ yā ziyn, Wabshir faqad aṣbaḥta qurrata al-ʿiyn

I said: "Pitch your tent, O lovely one, O fair one, and rejoice, for you have become the delight of my eye.

فَلَا تُذَوِّقْنِي مَرَارَةَ البِيْنْوَالبُعْدُ مِنْكَ يَا غَزَالْ ثَهْمَدْ

Falā tudhawwiqnī marārata al-biyn, Wa-al-buʿdu minka yā ghazāl thahmad

Do not make me taste the bitterness of parting and distance from you, O gazelle of Thahmad.

وَلَا تَعَدَّى يَا ظُبَيَّ عَيْدِيدْفِي رَبْعِنَا تَرْعَى الوَفَا بِتَأْكِيدْ

Walā taʿaddā yā ẓubayya ʿaydīd, Fī rabʿinā tarʿā al-wafā bitaʾkīd

Do not stray beyond 'Idid, little gazelle; graze in our dwelling, keeping faith firmly.

سَاعَاتْ وَصْلَكْ كُلُّهَا لَنَا عِيدْوَأَنْتَ لِي فِي الغَانِيَاتْ مَقْصَدْ

Sāʿāt waṣlak kulluhā lanā ʿīd, Waʾanta lī fī al-ghāniyāt maqṣad

All the hours of union with you are a festival for us, and you are my aim among all the beauties."

لَمَّا بَدَا لِي وَجْهُكَ المُنَوَّرْكَأَنَّهُ بَدْرُ التَّمَامِ أَسْفَرْ

Lammā badā lī wajhuka al-munawwar, Kaʾannahu badru at-tamāmi asfar

When your radiant face appeared to me, as though it were the full moon unveiled,

أَيْقَنْتُ أَنَّ الشُّوشَ عَنِّيَ ادْبَرْوَأَنَّ عَهْدَ الأُنْسِ قَدْ تَجَدَّدْ

Ayqantu anna ash-shūsha ʿanniya dbar, Waʾanna ʿahda al-ʾunsi qad tajaddad

I was certain that confusion had left me, and that the time of intimacy had been renewed.

فَالحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي تَكَرَّمْوَنَفَّسَ الكُرْبَهْ وَفَرَّجَ الهَمّ

Fa-al-ḥamdu lillāhi al-ladhī takarram, Wanaffasa al-kurbah wafarraja al-hamm

So praise be to Allah, who was generous, relieved the distress and dispelled the worry.

وَبَعْدُ صَلَّى اللهُ ثُمَّ سَلَّمْعَلَى النَّبِيِّ الهَاشِمِيِّ مُحَمَّدْ

Wabaʿdu ṣallā Allāhu thumma sallam, ʿalā an-nabiyyi al-hāshimiyyi muḥammad

And then, may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Hashimite Prophet, Muhammad.