حَيثُ ماءُ الشَبابِ في وَجنَتَيها

حَيثُ ماءُ الشَبابِ في وَجنَتَيها

لَيسَ يَجري وَنارُهُ لا تُشَبُّ

لَيسَ يَجري وَنارُهُ لا تُشَبُّ

Where the water of youth in her cheeks

Where the water of youth flows in its valleys

does not flow, and its fire is not kindled,

It does not flow and its fire is not kindled

لَم أَخَف حَيَّةً عَلى الخَدِّ تَسعى

لَم أَخَف حَيَّةً عَلى الخَدِّ تَسعى

لا وَلا عَقرَباً عَلَيهِ يَدِبُّ

لا وَلا عَقرَباً عَلَيهِ يَدِبُّ

I feared no serpent creeping over the cheek,

I did not fear a snake crawling on my cheek

No, nor a scorpion crawling upon it.

Nor a scorpion creeping on it

مِتُّ ضيقاً في الرِقِّ رِقِّ غَليلي

مِتُّ ضيقاً في الرِقِّ رِقِّ غَليلي

مَطَلَتهُ بِالوِردِ وَالوِردُ نَهبُ

مَطَلَتهُ بِالوِردِ وَالوِردُ نَهبُ

I died of anguish in bondage—the bondage of my burning thirst;

I died of anguish in the softness of my confinement

She delayed its drink, though the drink was free for the taking.

My wish in roses and roses ravaged

قالَ مَن لا أُحِبُّ ما لا أُحِبُّ

قالَ مَن لا أُحِبُّ ما لا أُحِبُّ

وَحَديثُ البَغيضِ بُغضٌ وَكِذبُ

وَحَديثُ البَغيضِ بُغضٌ وَكِذبُ

One I do not love said what I do not love;

He who does not love me said what he does not love

And the loathed one's talk is hatred and lies.

And the talk of the hated one is hatred and lies

وَلِحَيني لَهُ لِسانٌ وَما لي

وَلِحَيني لَهُ لِسانٌ وَما لي

أَنا يا قَومِ لِلَّذي قالَ قَلبُ

أَنا يا قَومِ لِلَّذي قالَ قَلبُ

And, to my doom, he has a tongue, while I—

And for my present he has a tongue but I have not

I, O my people—have no heart for what he said.

O people I am for what my heart said

واجِبٌ شُكرُهُ عَلَيَّ كما ظَن

واجِبٌ شُكرُهُ عَلَيَّ كما ظَن

نَ وَعِندي عَلَيهِ غَيظٌ وَعَتبُ

نَ وَعِندي عَلَيهِ غَيظٌ وَعَتبُ

I owe him thanks, as he thought,

I owe him gratitude as he thought

yet I harbor anger and reproach toward him.

But I have anger and reproach for him

جاءَني مُمرِضاً وَأَصعَبُ ما قَد

جاءَني مُمرِضاً وَأَصعَبُ ما قَد

جاءَني أَن يَقولُ جئتُ أَطِبُّ

جاءَني أَن يَقولُ جئتُ أَطِبُّ

He came to me making me ill; and the hardest thing that has

He came to me sick and most difficult

befallen me is his saying, 'I came to heal.'

What he came to say was I came to cure you