يا قَلبُ يا خائِنَ الحَبيبِ

يا قَلبُ يا خائِنَ الحَبيبِ

ما أَنتَ إِلّا مِنَ القُلوبِ

ما أَنتَ إِلّا مِنَ القُلوبِ

O heart, O betrayer of the beloved!

O heart, O betrayer of the beloved

O heart, O betrayer of the beloved,

You are nothing but one heart among others.

You are nothing but one of the hearts

You are nothing but an ordinary heart.

قُرَّةُ عَيني وَبَردُ عَيشي

قُرَّةُ عَيني وَبَردُ عَيشي

بانَ وَرَيحانَتي وَطيبي

بانَ وَرَيحانَتي وَطيبي

The delight of my eye and the coolness of my life

The delight of my eye and the joy of my life

The delight of my eye and the coolness of my life

has departed—my sweet basil and my fragrance.

My radiance, my basil, and my scent

Has departed, along with my sweet basil and my fragrance.

وَلَم تُقَطِّع وَلَم تُضَمِّن

وَلَم تُقَطِّع وَلَم تُضَمِّن

أَثوابَكَ البيضَ في الجَنوبِ

أَثوابَكَ البيضَ في الجَنوبِ

And you neither tore nor tucked in

You did not rend your white robes

Yet you did not shred, nor did you tear apart

your white garments at the flanks.

In the south wind

Your white robes down their sides,

غَدَرتَ لا شَكُّ بِالحَبيبِ

غَدَرتَ لا شَكُّ بِالحَبيبِ

أَحلِفُ بِالسامِعِ المُجيبِ

أَحلِفُ بِالسامِعِ المُجيبِ

You have betrayed the beloved, without a doubt;

You betrayed, no doubt, the beloved

You have surely betrayed the beloved;

I swear by the Hearer, the Answerer.

I swear by the All-Hearing, the Responder

I swear by the All-Hearing, the Responder.

فَقالَ ذَنبٌ عَزايَ عَنهُ

فَقالَ ذَنبٌ عَزايَ عَنهُ

فَقُلتُ مِن أَعظَمِ الذُنوبِ

فَقُلتُ مِن أَعظَمِ الذُنوبِ

Then it said, "Is finding solace without him a sin?"

It said it was a sin beyond it

It said: "My finding solace for him is a sin,"

I said, "One of the greatest sins."

I said it was among the greatest sins

And I replied: "Indeed, one of the greatest sins,"

أَو يُقرَنُ القَلبُ بِالوَجيبِ

أَو يُقرَنُ القَلبُ بِالوَجيبِ

وَتُغمَرَ الأُذنُ بِالنَحيبِ

وَتُغمَرَ الأُذنُ بِالنَحيبِ

Or let the heart be yoked to throbbing,

Or that the heart be chained to grief

Unless the heart is yoked to trembling palpitations,

and the ear be flooded with wailing,

And the ear immersed in weeping

And the ear is drowned in the sound of wailing,

وَتُرسِلُ العَينُ ماقِيَيها

وَتُرسِلُ العَينُ ماقِيَيها

بِالفَيضِ مِن مائِها السَكوبِ

بِالفَيضِ مِن مائِها السَكوبِ

and the eye set both its inner corners flowing

And the eye sends forth its waters

And the eye unleashes its tear-ducts

with a flood of its streaming water.

In a torrent from its springs

With an overflowing flood of pouring water.

فَثَمَّ أَدري أَشَرَّ قَلبٍ

فَثَمَّ أَدري أَشَرَّ قَلبٍ

أَنَّكَ تَأسى عَلى الحَبيبِ

أَنَّكَ تَأسى عَلى الحَبيبِ

Then I shall know, O worst of hearts,

Then I knew no viler heart

Only then will I know, O most wicked of hearts,

that you grieve for the beloved.

Than yours, grieving for the beloved

That you truly mourn for the beloved.