1. I have fixated on the two Ahmads, both of them,
So that the passion of my heart becomes their passion.
١. إِنّي عَلِقتُ الأَحمَدَينِ كِلَيهِما
كَيما يَكونُ هَوى الفُؤادِ هَواهُما
2. Two fledglings who were clothed fully in blamelessness
And nurtured in bounty by their fathers.
٢. تِربانِ قَد كُسِيا المَلامَةَ كُلَّها
وَغَذاهُما في نِعمَةٍ أَبَواهُما
3. Two moons, nay two suns amidst clouds,
They are my passion among all people, they are they.
٣. قَمَرانِ بَل شَمسانِ بَينَ غَمامَةٍ
فَهُما هَوايَ مِنَ الأَنامِ هُما هُما
4. They are the two for whom, when it is said "wish for me",
I desire no gazelles of the wild but them.
٤. وَهُما اللَذانِ إِذا يُقالُ تَمَنَّ لي
لَم أَعدُ مِن حورِ الظِباءِ سِواهُما
5. So from me is greetings to all the nomads
Except for them two, until death comes to me.
٥. فَعَلى المِلاحِ مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ كُلِّهِم
مِنّي السَلامُ إِلى المَماتِ عَداهُما