أَيا مَن وَجهُهُ الداحُ

أَيا مَن وَجهُهُ الداحُ

وَفي مِئزَرِهِ الماحُ

وَفي مِئزَرِهِ الماحُ

O you whose face is radiant light,

O you whose face is the radiant moon,

And within whose loincloth is the māḥ [meaning uncertain];

And in whose garment lies the sun,

وَمَن سُقيا ثَناياهُ

وَمَن سُقيا ثَناياهُ

إِذا اِستَسقَيتَهُ الراحُ

إِذا اِستَسقَيتَهُ الراحُ

And you, the draught from whose front teeth,

Whose mouth yields a nectar,

When asked for drink, is wine;

Which is wine, whenever you ask to drink.

وَيا مَن هُوَ تُفّاحٌ

وَيا مَن هُوَ تُفّاحٌ

إِذا لَم يَكُ تُفّاحُ

إِذا لَم يَكُ تُفّاحُ

And O you who are an apple

O you who are the apple's fruit,

When no apples are to be found;

When no apples can be found.

أَما لي مِنكَ يا ظالِ

أَما لي مِنكَ يا ظالِ

مُ إِلّا الآءُ وَالآحُ

مُ إِلّا الآءُ وَالآحُ

Have I from you, O cruel—

Have I no share from you, O tyrant,

—one, nothing but sighs and groans,

Except for bitterness and sighs?

وَلَحظٌ صائِبُ الأَسهُ

وَلَحظٌ صائِبُ الأَسهُ

مِ لِلمُهجَةِ جَرّاحُ

مِ لِلمُهجَةِ جَرّاحُ

And a glance, unerring in its ar—

And a glance whose arrows strike true,

—rows, that wounds the heart?

Inflicting wounds upon the soul?

أَما حانَ بَلى قَد حا

أَما حانَ بَلى قَد حا

نَ لَو أَنَّكَ تَرتاحُ

نَ لَو أَنَّكَ تَرتاحُ

Has the time not come? Yes, it has co—

Has the time not come? Yes, it has arrived,

—me, if only you were willing.

If only you would grant relief.

وَلَكِنَّكَ إِنسانٌ

وَلَكِنَّكَ إِنسانٌ

بِما أَكرَهُ مَزّاحُ

بِما أَكرَهُ مَزّاحُ

And yet you are a person

But you are a person,

Who teases me with what I hate.

Who makes a joke of what I loathe.