عَلى ثِقَة بِاتلافي وَعلم

عَلى ثِقَة بِاتلافي وَعلم

أحبك بِاختياري لا بِرَغمي

أحبك بِاختياري لا بِرَغمي

Certain and fully aware of my ruin,

With trust in my integrity and knowledge

I love you by my own choice, not against my will.

I love you by my choice, not by force

بِنَفسي مَن يُعذِبُها وَيَجني

بِنَفسي مَن يُعذِبُها وَيَجني

بِغَير جِناية مني وَجُرم

بِغَير جِناية مني وَجُرم

My soul be ransom for the one who torments it and wrongs me,

Who tortures and reaps from my soul

Without offense or crime on my part.

Without crime from me or guilt

وَبي مَن زارَني مِن غَير وَعد

وَبي مَن زارَني مِن غَير وَعد

وَلَم يَك ذاكَ يَخطر لي بِوَهم

وَلَم يَك ذاكَ يَخطر لي بِوَهم

And may I be ransom for the one who visited me without a promise,

And who visited me without a promise

Though that had never crossed my mind.

That was not even a figment of my imagination

رَثى مِن بَعد ما قَد كانَ يَجفو

رَثى مِن بَعد ما قَد كانَ يَجفو

لَما لاقَيت مِن كَمَدٍ وَغَم

لَما لاقَيت مِن كَمَدٍ وَغَم

He took pity, after having been unkind,

He grieved after he had been aloof

On the anguish and grief I had endured.

When I met with sorrow and worry

فَزارَ الصَب يُقدمهُ بَشير

فَزارَ الصَب يُقدمهُ بَشير

كَما طَلَعَ الهِلال عَقيب نجم

كَما طَلَعَ الهِلال عَقيب نجم

So he visited the lovesick lover, a herald preceding him,

So the young man came to give good news

As the crescent rises in the wake of a star.

Like the crescent moon rising after a star

وَقَد لَبس السَواد وَجاءَ يَسعى

وَقَد لَبس السَواد وَجاءَ يَسعى

كَما شَقَ الحَنادس بَدر تَم

كَما شَقَ الحَنادس بَدر تَم

And he had donned black and came hurrying,

And he had worn black and came rushing

As a full moon pierces the deepest darkness.

As the full moon split through the darkness

فَأَقسم صادِقاً بِمَن اِبتَلاني

فَأَقسم صادِقاً بِمَن اِبتَلاني

وَمَن جَعَلَ الضَنا وَالسَقم قَسمي

وَمَن جَعَلَ الضَنا وَالسَقم قَسمي

So I swear truthfully by the one who afflicted me,

So he swore sincerely by Him who tested me

And by the one who made wasting and sickness my lot:

And who made grief and illness my destiny

لَقَد مَزج الهَوى روحاً بِروح

لَقَد مَزج الهَوى روحاً بِروح

وَما قرن اللُقا جِسماً بِجسم

وَما قرن اللُقا جِسماً بِجسم

Love has indeed mingled soul with soul,

Passion has mingled soul with soul

Yet meeting has not joined body to body.

And meeting has not joined body with body

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَذابَ الحُب جِسمي

وَكَيفَ وَقَد أَذابَ الحُب جِسمي

وَقَد أَفنى السقام دَمي وَلَحمي

وَقَد أَفنى السقام دَمي وَلَحمي

And how could it, when love has melted my body,

And how could it when passion has melted my body

And sickness has consumed my blood and flesh?

And sickness has consumed my blood and flesh

فَلا شَيءٌ سِوى نَفسٍ خَفيٍ

فَلا شَيءٌ سِوى نَفسٍ خَفيٍ

وَدَمع كَإِنهِمال المُزن يَهمي

وَدَمع كَإِنهِمال المُزن يَهمي

So nothing remains but a faint breath,

So there is nothing left but a gentle soul

And tears streaming like a downpour from rainclouds.

And tears pouring like the rain of the grieved