لَو كُنتَ تَعشَقُ دُرّاً ما سَأَلتُهُمُ

لَو كُنتَ تَعشَقُ دُرّاً ما سَأَلتُهُمُ

هَل عِندَكُم فَضلُ زُنّارٍ تُعيروني

هَل عِندَكُم فَضلُ زُنّارٍ تُعيروني

Had you been in love with Durr, I would not have asked them:

Had you loved a pearl, I'd not have asked of them,

Had you been in love with Durra, I would not have asked them:

“Have you a spare girdle you could lend me?”

"Have you a girdle's end to lend?"

"Do you have a surplus sash that you might lend to me?"

وَلَستُ أَسأَلُ دُرّاً غَيرَ قُبلَتِها

وَلَستُ أَسأَلُ دُرّاً غَيرَ قُبلَتِها

فَإِنَّ فيها شِفاءً لَو تُواتيني

فَإِنَّ فيها شِفاءً لَو تُواتيني

And I ask Durr for nothing but her kiss,

Nor would I ask for any pearl but her kiss -

And I ask of Durra nothing other than her kiss,

For there is healing in it, if she would oblige me.

In it lies healing, if she would grant it me.

For in it lies a healing, if she would but favor me.

مَزَجتُ ديني بِدينِ الرومِ فَاِمتَزَجا

مَزَجتُ ديني بِدينِ الرومِ فَاِمتَزَجا

كَالماءِ يُمزَجُ بِالصِرفِ الرَساطونِ

كَالماءِ يُمزَجُ بِالصِرفِ الرَساطونِ

I blended my faith with the Romans’ faith, and the two mingled,

I mixed my faith with the faith of the Rum, so they mingled

I mixed my faith with the faith of the Romans until they merged,

Like water mixed with pure rasatun wine.

As water mingles with sweet basil drink.

Just as water is mixed with the pure, vintage wine.

فَلَستُ أَبغي بِها يا عاذِلي بَدَلاً

فَلَستُ أَبغي بِها يا عاذِلي بَدَلاً

إِذ صارَ لي بِهِمُ دينانِ في دينِ

إِذ صارَ لي بِهِمُ دينانِ في دينِ

So I seek no substitute for her, O you who reproach me,

I seek not, my censurer, to replace her;

So I seek no substitute for her, O you who blame me,

Since through them I came to have two faiths in one faith.

For through them my faith has become two faiths in one.

Since I have gained, through them, two religions within one.