سَقَتْكَ غَوَادِي السُّحْبِ رَبْعَ الأَحِبَّةِ

سَقَتْكَ غَوَادِي السُّحْبِ رَبْعَ الأَحِبَّةِفَكَمْ بِكَ مِنْ خَوْدٍ وَكَمْ مِنْ خَرِيدَةِ

Saqatka ghawādī as-suḥbi rabʿa al-ʾaḥibbati, Fakam bika min khawdin wakam min kharīdati

May the morning clouds water you, O dwelling of the beloveds! How many a graceful maiden, how many a shy virgin you have held,

وَهَيْفَاءَ مِثْلِ الغُصْنِ رَنَّحَهُ الصَّبَاوَغُرَّتُهَا كَالبَدْرِ تَحْتَ الدُّجُنَّةِ

Wahayfāʾa mithli al-ghuṣni rannaḥahu aṣ-ṣabā, Waghurratuhā ka-al-badri taḥta ad-dujunnati

And many a slender one, like a branch swayed by the east wind, whose bright face is like the full moon beneath the darkness,

وَثَغْرٌ بِهِ دُرٌّ وَجِيدٌ مُمَسَّكٌوَصَدْرٌ بِهِ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ كُلُّ دُرَّةِ

Wathaghrun bihi durrun wajīdun mumassakun, Waṣadrun bihi min luʾluʾin kullu durrati

With a mouth of pearls and a musk-scented neck, and a breast adorned with every pearl,

وَغَانِيَةٍ بِالحُسْنِ تُحْسَبُ أَنَّهَامِنَ القَاصِرَاتِ السَّاكِنَاتِ بِجَنَّةِ

Waghāniyatin bi-al-ḥusni tuḥsabu annahā, Mina al-qāṣirāti as-sākināti bijannati

And a beauty whose loveliness makes one think her one of the maidens of modest gaze who dwell in Paradise.

سَبَتْنِي بِأَخْلَاقٍ وَخَلْقٍ مُبَارَكٍلَطِيفٍ كَأَنْفَاسِ السُّحَيْرِ الزَّكِيَّةِ

Sabatnī biʾakhlāqin wakhalqin mubārakin, Laṭīfin kaʾanfāsi as-suḥayri az-zakiyyati

She captivated me with blessed character and form, gentle as the pure breaths of early dawn.

غُرِيتُ بِهَا وَالحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُعَلَى كُلِّ إِحْسَانٍ عَلَيَّ وَنِعْمَةِ

Ghurītu bihā wa-al-ḥamdu lillāhi waḥdahu, ʿalā kulli iḥsānin ʿalayya waniʿmati

I was enamoured of her; and praise be to Allah alone for every kindness and every blessing upon me.

وَنَسْأَلُهُ التَّوْفِيقَ وَالعَفْوَ وَالرِّضَاوَأَنْ يَتَوَفَّانَا عَلَى خَيْرِ مِلَّةِ

Wanasʾaluhu at-tawfīqa wa-al-ʿafwa wa-ar-riḍā, Waʾan yatawaffānā ʿalā khayri millati

We ask Him for success, pardon and good pleasure, and that He take us in death upon the best of faiths,

عَلَى مِلَّةِ الإِسْلَامِ دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍنَبِيِّ الهُدَى المُخْتَارِ خَتْمِ النُّبُوَّةِ

ʿalā millati al-ʾislāmi dīni muḥammadin, Nabiyyi al-hudā al-mukhtāri khatmi an-nubuwwati

Upon the faith of Islam, the religion of Muhammad, Prophet of guidance, the Chosen, the Seal of prophethood.

عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةُ اللهِ مَا هَبَّتِ الصَّبَاوَمَا غَرَّدَتْ وُرْقٌ عَلَى غُصْنِ دَوْحَةِ

ʿalayhi ṣalātu Allāhi mā habbati aṣ-ṣabā, Wamā gharradat wurqun ʿalā ghuṣni dawḥati

Upon him be the blessings of Allah as long as the east wind blows, and grey doves sing upon the branch of a great tree.