أَتَلُومُنِي يَا عَاذِلِي

أَتَلُومُنِي يَا عَاذِلِي

فِي حُسْنِ هَاتِيكِ الْقَطَائِفْ

فِي حُسْنِ هَاتِيكِ الْقَطَائِفْ

Do you blame me, O my reproacher,

Do you blame me, O reproacher

Do you blame me, O my censurer,

For the beauty of those velvet carpets?

For the beauty of these gazelles

For the beauty of those velvety Qatayef,

وَالطَّيْرُ مُذْ بَرَزَتْ لَهُ

وَالطَّيْرُ مُذْ بَرَزَتْ لَهُ

غَرِدٌ عَلَى الأَدْوَاحِ هَاتِفْ

غَرِدٌ عَلَى الأَدْوَاحِ هَاتِفْ

And the birds, since these appeared to them,

When the birds since they appeared to him

When the bird, since they appeared to it,

Sing and call upon the spreading trees,

Chirp on the hills calling

Sings upon the great trees, calling aloud,

مُتَرَنِّمٌ كَلَفاً بِهَا

مُتَرَنِّمٌ كَلَفاً بِهَا

طَرِبٌ عَلَى الأَفْرَاحِ عَاكِفْ

طَرِبٌ عَلَى الأَفْرَاحِ عَاكِفْ

Warbling in passionate love for them,

Singing enchanted by them

Chanting in deep infatuation with them,

Exultant, engrossed in joy.

Enraptured by joy steadfast

Joyous, devoted entirely to delights,

وَالْغُصْنُ أَوْمَأَ رَاكِعاً

وَالْغُصْنُ أَوْمَأَ رَاكِعاً

لِجَمَالِهَا لَدْنَ الْمَعَاطِفْ

لِجَمَالِهَا لَدْنَ الْمَعَاطِفْ

And the branch nodded, bowing

And the branch bowed down

And the branch has nodded, bowing down

To their beauty, supple in its bends.

To their beauty gently swaying

To their beauty, supple in its curving bends.

خَلَعَ الرَّبِيعُ عِذَارَهُ

خَلَعَ الرَّبِيعُ عِذَارَهُ

فِيهَا فَأَبْدَعَ فِي اللَّطَائِفْ

فِيهَا فَأَبْدَعَ فِي اللَّطَائِفْ

Spring cast off its bridle

Spring has shed its cover

Spring has cast off its bridle

Among them, excelling in delicate wonders:

And excelled in crafting beauty

Amidst them, thus crafting wondrous subtleties,

بِبَهَارِهَا مُتَقَيِّئٌ

بِبَهَارِهَا مُتَقَيِّئٌ

بِشَقَائِقِ النُّعْمَانِ رَاعِفْ

بِشَقَائِقِ النُّعْمَانِ رَاعِفْ

Vomiting forth their yellow blossoms,

Adorned with its blossoms

Spewing forth its yellow daisies,

Bleeding Nuʿmān’s anemones from its nose;

With anemones proliferating

And bleeding crimson with anemones,

مَا بَيْنَ أَصْفَرَ فَاقِعٍ

مَا بَيْنَ أَصْفَرَ فَاقِعٍ

فِي أَحْمَرٍ غَضِّ الْمَقَاطِفْ

فِي أَحْمَرٍ غَضِّ الْمَقَاطِفْ

Between vivid yellow

What lies between yellow ripened

Between a bright and vivid yellow

And red, with tender blooms to pluck,

In red fresh picked

And a red of freshly plucked blooms,

فِي وَسْطَ أَخْضَرَ يَانِعٍ

فِي وَسْطَ أَخْضَرَ يَانِعٍ

لِلَوَاحِظِ الأَبْصَارِ خَاطِفْ

لِلَوَاحِظِ الأَبْصَارِ خَاطِفْ

Amid luxuriant green,

Amidst green lush

Amidst a lush and ripening green

Stealing the eyes’ glances.

For the beholder's eyes seizing

Snatching away the gazing eyes.

عَرِّجْ عَلَيْهَا إذِ ْ بِهَا

عَرِّجْ عَلَيْهَا إذِ ْ بِهَا

مَا أَعْجَبَ الصَّبَّ الْمُلاَطِفْ

مَا أَعْجَبَ الصَّبَّ الْمُلاَطِفْ

Turn aside to them, for in them lies

Stroll by them for with them

Stop by them, for indeed within them

What has delighted the gentle, lovesick lover,

Most wondrous is the youth flirting

Is what astounds the tender lover,

لاَ سِيَّمَا عِنْدَ الأَصِي

لاَ سِيَّمَا عِنْدَ الأَصِي

لِ فَحُسْنُهَا السُّلْوَانَ قَاطِفْ

لِ فَحُسْنُهَا السُّلْوَانَ قَاطِفْ

Especially at even-

Especially by the evening

Especially at the fading twi-

tide, for their beauty plucks away solace;

For their beauty the glow attracting

-light, for their beauty plucks away all solace,

وَالشَّمْسُ تَرْقُمُ مَتْنَهَا

وَالشَّمْسُ تَرْقُمُ مَتْنَهَا

بِنُضَارِهَا رَقْمَ الْمَطَارِفْ

بِنُضَارِهَا رَقْمَ الْمَطَارِفْ

And the sun embroiders their surface

And the sun sketches their form

And the sun embroiders their surface

With its gold, like the patterning of striped cloaks.

With its radiance tracing the outlines

With its pure gold, like the embroidery of rich cloaks.