يا غَزال السَفح مِن وادي زرود

يا غَزال السَفح مِن وادي زرود

خف مِن اللَهْ وَارعَ لي تِلك العُهود

خف مِن اللَهْ وَارعَ لي تِلك العُهود

O gazelle of the slope, from the valley of Zarud,

O gazelle of the valley's slope from Wadi Zarud

Fear God, and honor those pledges to me.

Be wary of God and beware those covenants for me

جد لِطَرفي بِالكَرى وَهناً فَما

جد لِطَرفي بِالكَرى وَهناً فَما

ذُقت عُمري في الهَوى طَعم الهجود

ذُقت عُمري في الهَوى طَعم الهجود

Grant my eye sleep at night, for never

Find comfort for my eyes with a glance, though never

In all my life in love have I tasted slumber.

Have I tasted in passion the savor of intimacy

زَخرَف الواشي أَقاويلاً بِها

زَخرَف الواشي أَقاويلاً بِها

حلت عَن عَهدي وَأَشمت الحَسود

حلت عَن عَهدي وَأَشمت الحَسود

The slanderer embellished tales through which

The slanderer adorned his words about me

You forsook your pledge to me and made the envious one gloat.

So I broke from my pact and enemies rejoiced

لَيتَ لَم أَرج وِصالاً زائِداً

لَيتَ لَم أَرج وِصالاً زائِداً

مِنكَ قَد عَوضتَني مِنهُ الصُدود

مِنكَ قَد عَوضتَني مِنهُ الصُدود

Would that I had not hoped for greater closeness

Would that I'd never hoped for more affection

From you—you have given me rejection instead.

Since you've recompensed me for it with estrangement

آه وَأَشوقي لِأَيام اللُقا

آه وَأَشوقي لِأَيام اللُقا

لَيتَ ذِكراها عَلى سَمعي تَعود

لَيتَ ذِكراها عَلى سَمعي تَعود

Ah, how I long for the days of meeting!

Oh, my yearning for the days of meeting

Would that their remembrance would return to my ears.

Would that remembering them might recur to my hearing

هَل لِماضي عَيشِنا مِن أَويةٍ

هَل لِماضي عَيشِنا مِن أَويةٍ

أَو لِظَبي من بدي أَمسى شرود

أَو لِظَبي من بدي أَمسى شرود

Is there any return for our bygone life,

Can our past life shelter me somewhere

Or for a gazelle, now escaped from my hand?

Or a gazelle that was my companion, now wandering?

وَأَرى غُصن النَقا مالت بِهِ

وَأَرى غُصن النَقا مالت بِهِ

نَشوة الصَهباء ما بَينَ البُرود

نَشوة الصَهباء ما بَينَ البُرود

And might I see the dune's bough, swayed by

I see the bending branch of sincere friendship

The headiness of tawny wine amid the striped robes,

Intoxicated with the zeal of youth among the sands

ذو لحاظ أُرسلت في فَترة

ذو لحاظ أُرسلت في فَترة

شَقَت الأَكباد مِن قَبل الجُلود

شَقَت الأَكباد مِن قَبل الجُلود

One whose glances, loosed in languor,

A hard-eyed one sent during a respite

Pierced livers before they pierced skin?

That split the hearts before flaying the skins

إِن يَكُن لدمي فُؤادي جفنَهُ

إِن يَكُن لدمي فُؤادي جفنَهُ

طالَ ما أَدميت بِاللَحظ الخدود

طالَ ما أَدميت بِاللَحظ الخدود

If his eyelid makes my heart bleed,

If my heart has an eyelid steeped in my blood

Long have I made cheeks bleed with a glance.

Long have I weeped staining my cheeks red

وَأَنا المَدعو بِقَومي منجكاً

وَأَنا المَدعو بِقَومي منجكاً

وَبِفَضلي أَصبح الأَعدا شُهود

وَبِفَضلي أَصبح الأَعدا شُهود

And I am called Manjak among my people,

When I'm titled amongst my people "star of good fortune"

And my enemies have become witnesses to my merit.

And through my merit foes have witnessed success

فَسَلام دائِماً مني عَلى

فَسَلام دائِماً مني عَلى

مِن بِهِ الرَحمَن قَد أَحيا الوجود

مِن بِهِ الرَحمَن قَد أَحيا الوجود

So peace forever from me be upon

So forever peace from me upon

The one through whom the Most Merciful has brought existence to life.

He through whom the Merciful brought existence into being