بَيَّتَ قَلبي مِن هَواكَ عَلى الطَوى

بَيَّتَ قَلبي مِن هَواكَ عَلى الطَوى

وَرَحَلتُ مِن بَلَدِ الصَبابَةِ وَالجَوى

وَرَحَلتُ مِن بَلَدِ الصَبابَةِ وَالجَوى

Your love left my heart to spend the night famished,

My heart was made to spend the night starved of love for you,

and I departed the land of yearning and consuming grief.

and I departed the land of longing and heartache.

لَو لَم يُجِرني الهَجرُ مِنكَ بِلُطفِهِ

لَو لَم يُجِرني الهَجرُ مِنكَ بِلُطفِهِ

وَاللَهِ لَاِستَأمَنتُ فيكَ إِلى النَوى

وَاللَهِ لَاِستَأمَنتُ فيكَ إِلى النَوى

Had estrangement from you not granted me refuge in its kindness,

Had estrangement not sheltered me from you with its kindness,

by God, I would have sought the protection of distance against you.

by God, I would have sought refuge from you in distance.

لَم تَرعَ لي حُرَقاً بِقَلبي قَد مَضَت

لَم تَرعَ لي حُرَقاً بِقَلبي قَد مَضَت

لَو لَم يَذُدها الدَمعُ عَنهُ لَاِشتَوى

لَو لَم يَذُدها الدَمعُ عَنهُ لَاِشتَوى

You gave no heed to the burning pangs my heart had already endured;

You paid no heed to the burning pangs that had coursed through my heart;

had tears not driven them from it, my heart would have been scorched.

had tears not driven them from it, it would have been roasted.

هَيهاتَ كُنتُ مِنَ الحَداثَةِ وَالصِبا

هَيهاتَ كُنتُ مِنَ الحَداثَةِ وَالصِبا

في غَفلَةٍ إِنَّ الهَوى يُنسي الهَوى

في غَفلَةٍ إِنَّ الهَوى يُنسي الهَوى

Far from that now—in youth and tender age I lived

Alas! Through youth and tender years, I was

heedless that one passion can make another be forgotten.

in heedlessness; indeed, love makes one forget love.