وَحَدَّثتَني يا سَعدُ عَنها فَزِدتَني

وَحَدَّثتَني يا سَعدُ عَنها فَزِدتَني

جُنوناً فَزِدني مِن حَديثِكَ يا سَعدُ

جُنوناً فَزِدني مِن حَديثِكَ يا سَعدُ

And you spoke to me of her, O Saʿd, and heightened my

You told me about her, O Saad, and increased

Madness; so give me more of your talk, O Saʿd.

My madness, so increase my madness with your tales, O Saad,

وَما زِلتُ في حُبّي ظُلَيمَةَ صادِقاً

وَما زِلتُ في حُبّي ظُلَيمَةَ صادِقاً

أَهيمُ بِها ما فَوقَ وَجدي بِها وَجدُ

أَهيمُ بِها ما فَوقَ وَجدي بِها وَجدُ

And I have always been true in my love for Ẓulaymah.

And I have remained true in my love of Thulayma,

I am madly in love with her; no passion surpasses my passion for her.

Roaming madly for her, beyond all reason or logic,

هَواها هَوىً لَم يَعلَمِ القَلبُ غَيرَهُ

هَواها هَوىً لَم يَعلَمِ القَلبُ غَيرَهُ

فَلَيسَ لَهُ قَبلٌ وَلَيسَ لَهُ بَعدُ

فَلَيسَ لَهُ قَبلٌ وَلَيسَ لَهُ بَعدُ

Love for her is a love—the heart has known no other.

I love her with a love that my heart has known no other,

So it has no before, and it has no after.

It has no before, no after, only her does it know.