مَن مُعيدٌ لِيَ أَيّا

مَن مُعيدٌ لِيَ أَيّا

مي بِجَزعِ السَمُراتِ

مي بِجَزعِ السَمُراتِ

Who will bring back to me my days

Who will restore to me my days

at Jazʿ al-Samurāt,

at the valley bend of the samura acacias,

وَلَيالِيَّ بِجَمعٍ

وَلَيالِيَّ بِجَمعٍ

وَمِنىً وَالجَمَراتِ

وَمِنىً وَالجَمَراتِ

and my nights at Jamʿ,

and my nights at Jamʿ,

at Minā and the Jamarāt;

and at Minā and the Jamarāt,

وَظِباءً حالِياتٍ

وَظِباءً حالِياتٍ

كَظِباءٍ عاطِلاتِ

كَظِباءٍ عاطِلاتِ

and gazelles adorned,

and adorned gazelles,

like gazelles unadorned,

like unadorned gazelles,

رائِحاتٍ في جَلابي

رائِحاتٍ في جَلابي

بِ الدُجى مُختَمِراتِ

بِ الدُجى مُختَمِراتِ

going forth in the robes

going forth at dusk in cloaks

of darkness, closely veiled,

of darkness, veiled,

رامِياتٍ بِالعُيونُ ال

رامِياتٍ بِالعُيونُ ال

نُجلِ قَبلَ الحَصَياتِ

نُجلِ قَبلَ الحَصَياتِ

casting with their eyes—the

shooting with their eyes—

wide, dark ones—before the pebbles?

wide—before the pebbles?

أَلِعَقرِ القَلبِ راحوا

أَلِعَقرِ القَلبِ راحوا

أَم لِعَقرِ البَدَناتِ

أَم لِعَقرِ البَدَناتِ

Did they go to wound the heart,

Was it to wound the heart that they went,

or to slaughter the sacrificial camels?

or to slaughter the sacrificial camels?

كَيفَ أَودَعتُ فُؤادي

كَيفَ أَودَعتُ فُؤادي

أَعيُناً غَيرَ ثِقاتِ

أَعيُناً غَيرَ ثِقاتِ

How could I have entrusted my heart

How did I entrust my heart

to eyes that cannot be trusted?

to eyes unworthy of trust?

أَيُّها القانِصُ ما أَح

أَيُّها القانِصُ ما أَح

سَنتَ صَيدَ الظَبَياتِ

سَنتَ صَيدَ الظَبَياتِ

O hunter, how poorly

O hunter, you did not do well

you hunted the gazelles!

in hunting the gazelles.

فاتَكَ السِربُ وَما زُو

فاتَكَ السِربُ وَما زُو

وِدتَ غَيرَ الحَسَراتِ

وِدتَ غَيرَ الحَسَراتِ

The herd escaped you, and your only

The herd escaped you, and you were provisioned

provision was regret.

with nothing but regrets.

يا وُقوفاً ما وَقَفنَ

يا وُقوفاً ما وَقَفنَ

في ظِلالِ السَلَماتِ

في ظِلالِ السَلَماتِ

Oh, what a halt they made

Oh, those halts they made

beneath the shade of the salam trees—

in the shade of the salam acacias—

مَوقِفاً يَجمَعُ فِتيا

مَوقِفاً يَجمَعُ فِتيا

نَ الهَوى وَالفَتَياتِ

نَ الهَوى وَالفَتَياتِ

a station gathering the young men

a place bringing together the young men

of love together with the maidens.

of love and the maidens.

نَتَشاكى ما عَنانا

نَتَشاكى ما عَنانا

بِكَلامِ العَبَراتِ

بِكَلامِ العَبَراتِ

We exchanged laments, giving free rein

We lamented to one another what afflicted us

to the speech of tears;

in the language of tears.

نَظَرٌ يَشغَلُ مِنّا

نَظَرٌ يَشغَلُ مِنّا

كُلَّ عَينٍ بِقَذاتٍ

كُلَّ عَينٍ بِقَذاتٍ

a gaze that left, in every one of us,

A glance troubles, in each of us,

each eye troubled by a mote.

every eye with motes.

كَم نَأى بِالنَفرِ عَنّا

كَم نَأى بِالنَفرِ عَنّا

مِن غَزالٍ وَمَهاةِ

مِن غَزالٍ وَمَهاةِ

Many a one the Departure bore far from us—

How many went far from us at the departure—

gazelle and oryx-doe alike!

gazelles and white oryx!

آهِ مِن جيدٍ إِلى الدا

آهِ مِن جيدٍ إِلى الدا

رِ كَثيرِ اللَفَتاتِ

رِ كَثيرِ اللَفَتاتِ

Ah, for a neck that, all the way to the

Ah, for a neck turning toward the dwelling,

dwelling, kept turning back;

again and again,

وَغَرامٍ غَيرِ ماضٍ

وَغَرامٍ غَيرِ ماضٍ

بِلِقاءٍ غَيرِ آتِ

بِلِقاءٍ غَيرِ آتِ

and for a passion that does not pass,

and a passion that does not pass,

through a meeting that never comes.

for a meeting that will not come.

فَسَقى بَطنَ مِنىً وَال

فَسَقى بَطنَ مِنىً وَال

خَيفَ صَوبَ الغادِياتِ

خَيفَ صَوبَ الغادِياتِ

May Minā’s valley and

So may Minā's valley floor and

al-Khayf be drenched by morning clouds,

al-Khayf be watered by the morning clouds' downpour,

وَزَماناً نائِمَ العُذ

وَزَماناً نائِمَ العُذ

ذالِ مَأمونَ الوُشاةِ

ذالِ مَأمونَ الوُشاةِ

and may they water a time when the censurers

and a time when the reproachers slept,

slept, and tale-bearers caused no fear,

safe from the tale-bearers,

في لَيالٍ كَاللَآلي

في لَيالٍ كَاللَآلي

بِالغَواني مُقمِراتِ

بِالغَواني مُقمِراتِ

amid nights like pearls,

in nights like pearls,

made moon-bright by fair women.

made moonlit by the beautiful women.

غَرَسَت عِندِيَ غَرسَ ال

غَرَسَت عِندِيَ غَرسَ ال

شَوقِ مَمرورَ الجَناةِ

شَوقِ مَمرورَ الجَناةِ

They planted deep within me

They planted in me the seedling of

the growth of longing, bitter in its fruit.

longing, bitter in its fruit.

أَينَ راقٍ لِغَرامي

أَينَ راقٍ لِغَرامي

وَطَبيبٌ لِشَكاتي

وَطَبيبٌ لِشَكاتي

Where is an enchanter for my passion,

Where is one to charm away my passion,

a physician for my complaint?

and a physician for my ailment?