لَو كُنتَ عِندي أَمسِ وَهوَ مُعانِقي

لَو كُنتَ عِندي أَمسِ وَهوَ مُعانِقي

وَمَدامِعي تَجري عَلى خَدَّيهِ

وَمَدامِعي تَجري عَلى خَدَّيهِ

Had you been with me yesterday, while he embraced me,

If you were with me yesterday, embracing me,

And my tears were flowing over his cheeks,

As my tears streamed down my cheeks,

وَقَدِ اِرتَوَت مِن عَبرَتي وَجناتُهُ

وَقَدِ اِرتَوَت مِن عَبرَتي وَجناتُهُ

وَتَنَزَّهَت شَفَتايَ في شَفَتَيهِ

وَتَنَزَّهَت شَفَتايَ في شَفَتَيهِ

And his cheeks had drunk their fill of my tears,

And your cheeks were drenched with my weeping,

And my lips had wandered over his lips,

And my lips mingled with your lips,

لَرَأَيتَ بَكّاءً يَهونُ عَلى الهَوى

لَرَأَيتَ بَكّاءً يَهونُ عَلى الهَوى

وَتَهونُ تَخلِيَةُ الدُموعِ عَلَيهِ

وَتَهونُ تَخلِيَةُ الدُموعِ عَلَيهِ

You would have seen a weeper humbled before love,

You would have seen a weeping that makes longing seem easy,

And for whom letting tears flow came easily;

And shedding tears on him seem simple,

وَرَأَيتَ أَحسَنَ مِن بُكائي قَولَهُ

وَرَأَيتَ أَحسَنَ مِن بُكائي قَولَهُ

هَذا الفَتى مُتَعَنِّتٌ عَينَيهِ

هَذا الفَتى مُتَعَنِّتٌ عَينَيهِ

And you would have found his words lovelier than my weeping:

And you would have heard, more beautiful than my weeping, his saying:

"This young man is tormenting his eyes."

"This lad is stubborn in his eyes."