مَنَّ بِالرِيِّ حَبيبي مَرَّةً

مَنَّ بِالرِيِّ حَبيبي مَرَّةً

ثُمَّ أذكى قَلبَ مَن مَنّى عَطَش

ثُمَّ أذكى قَلبَ مَن مَنّى عَطَش

Once my beloved granted me my fill,

My beloved once granted relief from thirst.

My beloved once bestowed the favor of quenching thirst,

then set ablaze the heart of one whom thirst had filled with longing.

Then thirst kindled the heart of the one he had filled with hope.

Then kindled thirst in the heart of the one he had favored;

كانَ منّاحُ ملثٍّ هاطِلٍ

كانَ منّاحُ ملثٍّ هاطِلٍ

وَأَراهُ آنِفاً مَنّاعَ طَش

وَأَراهُ آنِفاً مَنّاعَ طَش

He was a lavish giver of steady, pouring rain,

He was a lavish giver of ceaseless, pouring rain.

He was a lavisher of steady, pouring rain,

but now I see him withholding even a drizzle.

Yet just now I see him withholding even a drizzle.

But now I see him withholding even a drizzle.