ظَلَمَت عَينُكِ عَيني إِنَّها

ظَلَمَت عَينُكِ عَيني إِنَّها

بادَلَتها بِالرُقادِ الأَرَقا

بادَلَتها بِالرُقادِ الأَرَقا

Your eye has wronged mine, for it

Your eyes have darkened my eyes, for they

has given mine sleeplessness in exchange for sleep.

Have exchanged them for sleepless nights

سُلِّطَ الشَوقُ عَلى الدَمعِ فَما

سُلِّطَ الشَوقُ عَلى الدَمعِ فَما

هَبَّ داعي الشَوقِ إِلّا اِندَفَقا

هَبَّ داعي الشَوقِ إِلّا اِندَفَقا

Longing was given dominion over tears, and never

Yearning has been unleashed on tears, so they

did longing's herald stir without their gushing forth.

Flowed freely when yearning's urge inclined

كُنتُ لا أَمنَعُ قَلبي سُؤلَهُ

كُنتُ لا أَمنَعُ قَلبي سُؤلَهُ

وَلَقَد كُنتُ عَلَيهِ شَفِقا

وَلَقَد كُنتُ عَلَيهِ شَفِقا

I would not deny my heart its wish,

I did not restrain my heart from its plea

And indeed I was tender toward it.

And I had been gentle with it indeed

فَتَمادى القَلبُ في بَحرِ الهَوى

فَتَمادى القَلبُ في بَحرِ الهَوى

يَركَبُ التَغريرَ حَتّى غَرِقا

يَركَبُ التَغريرَ حَتّى غَرِقا

So the heart ventured ever farther into the sea of love,

So the heart persisted in the sea of love

Riding into peril until it drowned.

Riding delusions until it sank

أَيُّها النادِبُ قَوماً هَلَكوا

أَيُّها النادِبُ قَوماً هَلَكوا

صارَتِ الأَرضُ عَلَيهِم طَبَقا

صارَتِ الأَرضُ عَلَيهِم طَبَقا

O you who mourn a people who perished,

O you who mourns a people gone by

Over whom the earth has become a lid,

The earth has become their grave and coffin

أُندُبِ العُشّاقَ لا غَيرَهُمُ

أُندُبِ العُشّاقَ لا غَيرَهُمُ

إِنَّما الهالِكُ مَن قَد عَشِقا

إِنَّما الهالِكُ مَن قَد عَشِقا

Mourn lovers, no one else;

Mourn lovers, and lovers alone

Only he who has fallen in love has truly perished.

Only lovers among us are dead

أَشرَقَ المَيدانُ فَاِستَنكَرتُهُ

أَشرَقَ المَيدانُ فَاِستَنكَرتُهُ

كَيفَ لا أَعرِفُ تِلكَ الطُرُقا

كَيفَ لا أَعرِفُ تِلكَ الطُرُقا

The square shone bright, and I found it unfamiliar.

The meadow shone, and I thought it strange

How could I not recognize those roads?

How could I not recognize those paths?

خَبَّروني أَنَّها مَرَّت بِهِ

خَبَّروني أَنَّها مَرَّت بِهِ

قُلتُ مِن ثَمَّ أَراهُ مُشرِقا

قُلتُ مِن ثَمَّ أَراهُ مُشرِقا

They told me that she had passed by it.

They told me she passed by it

I said, 'That is why I see it shining.'

I said that's why it shines radiant

فَشَمَمتُ الريحَ مِن تِلقائِها

فَشَمَمتُ الريحَ مِن تِلقائِها

فَاِستَطارَ القَلبُ مِني شِقَقا

فَاِستَطارَ القَلبُ مِني شِقَقا

So I smelled the wind from her direction,

I smelled the breeze from her direction

And my heart flew from me in fragments.

So my heart cracked and split into pieces