مَا عَهِدْنَا كَذَا تَكُونُ الرِّفاقُ

مَا عَهِدْنَا كَذَا تَكُونُ الرِّفاقُ

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَجَنُّبٌ وَفِرَاقُ

كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَجَنُّبٌ وَفِرَاقُ

We have never known companions to be like this:

We did not expect companions to become thus,

every day, avoidance and parting.

Each day, avoidance and separation.

يا قَضِيباً تَهزُّهُ نَشواتٌ

يا قَضِيباً تَهزُّهُ نَشواتٌ

زُرْ مُحبّاً تَهزُّهُ الأَشْواقُ

زُرْ مُحبّاً تَهزُّهُ الأَشْواقُ

O slender bough swayed by ecstasies,

O rod shaken by passions!

visit a lover swayed by longing.

Visit a lover shaken by longing.

لَيْسَ يَصْبُوا إلى سِواكَ وَأَنَّى

لَيْسَ يَصْبُوا إلى سِواكَ وَأَنَّى

وَلَهُ في الهَوى بِكَ اسْتِغْراقُ

وَلَهُ في الهَوى بِكَ اسْتِغْراقُ

He yearns for none but you—and how could he,

They do not pour to anyone but you. How

when he is wholly immersed in love for you?

Utterly absorbed in love for you he is!

لَكَ يا فِتْنَةَ العُقولِ التَّجَنِّي

لَكَ يا فِتْنَةَ العُقولِ التَّجَنِّي

وَالتَّجَافي وَتَصْبِرُ العُشَّاقُ

وَالتَّجَافي وَتَصْبِرُ العُشَّاقُ

You may deal unjustly, O enchantment of minds,

For you, O seduction of minds, forbearance

and keep aloof, while lovers endure.

And avoidance, while lovers show patience.

غَيْرَ أَنّي أَرى الجَفَا مِنْكَ بِدْعاً

غَيْرَ أَنّي أَرى الجَفَا مِنْكَ بِدْعاً

حَيْثُ تِلْكَ الأَعْطافُ مِنْكَ رِقاقُ

حَيْثُ تِلْكَ الأَعْطافُ مِنْكَ رِقاقُ

Yet I find harshness from you strange,

Yet I see from you unwonted disdain—

since those flanks of yours are delicate.

While your glances remain gentle and kind.

يا أَميراً لَهُ لِواءٌ مِنَ الشَّع

يا أَميراً لَهُ لِواءٌ مِنَ الشَّع

رِ عَلَيْهِ وكُلّ قَلْبٍ وِطَاقُ

رِ عَلَيْهِ وكُلّ قَلْبٍ وِطَاقُ

O prince with a banner of hair

O prince, a banner of hair over him,

above him, and every heart a tent.

And every heart has for him its pledge.