إِنَّما الذَلفاءُ هَمّي

إِنَّما الذَلفاءُ هَمّي

فَليَدَعني مَن يَلومُ

فَليَدَعني مَن يَلومُ

Al-Dhalfa is my sole concern.

My only concerns are dalliances

So let whoever blames me leave me alone.

So let he who finds fault desist

أَحسَنُ الناسِ جَميعاً

أَحسَنُ الناسِ جَميعاً

حينَ تَمشي وَتَقومُ

حينَ تَمشي وَتَقومُ

The fairest of all people,

Of all people, you’re the finest

When she walks and stands.

When you walk and when you twist

حَبَّبَ الذَلفاءَ عِندي

حَبَّبَ الذَلفاءَ عِندي

مَنطِقٌ مِنها رَخيمُ

مَنطِقٌ مِنها رَخيمُ

Al-Dhalfa was endeared to me

Dalliances please me more than most

By her soft, melodious speech.

Your gentle words are music missed

أصِلُ الحَبلَ لِتَرضَى

أصِلُ الحَبلَ لِتَرضَى

وَهيَ لِلحَبلِ صَرومُ

وَهيَ لِلحَبلِ صَرومُ

I join the cord to please her,

For your content I’ll play the host

Yet she keeps severing the cord.

Though you pull my strings and persist

حُبُّها في القَلبِ داءٌ

حُبُّها في القَلبِ داءٌ

مُستَكِنٌّ لا يَريمُ

مُستَكِنٌّ لا يَريمُ

Love for her is a sickness in the heart,

This love of you feels like a sickness

Hidden within, never departing.

Deep inside me, it has missed