أَقولُ وَقَد عادَ عيدُ الغَرامِ

أَقولُ وَقَد عادَ عيدُ الغَرامِ

لَمّا هَبَطنَ بِنا الأَجفَرا

لَمّا هَبَطنَ بِنا الأَجفَرا

I say, now that love's festival has returned,

I say, now that the feast of love has returned

When they descended with us to al-Ajfar:

When we alighted in Al-Ajfar

أَيا صاحِبي أَتَرى نارَهُم

أَيا صاحِبي أَتَرى نارَهُم

فَقالَ تُرينِيَ ما أَرى

فَقالَ تُرينِيَ ما أَرى

"O my companion, do you see their fire?"

O friend of mine, do you see their fire?

He said, "You show me what I see."

He said, "You show me what I do not see"

دَعاني الغَرامُ وَلَم يَدعُهُ

دَعاني الغَرامُ وَلَم يَدعُهُ

فَأَبصَرتُ ما لَم يَكُن مُبصِرا

فَأَبصَرتُ ما لَم يَكُن مُبصِرا

Love called to me, but did not call to him;

Love called me, though it did not call him

So I saw what he was not seeing.

So I saw what he could not see

فَما زِلتُ أُطرِبُهُ بِالحَنينِ

فَما زِلتُ أُطرِبُهُ بِالحَنينِ

وَأُذكِرُهُ المَنزِلَ المُقفِرا

وَأُذكِرُهُ المَنزِلَ المُقفِرا

So I kept stirring his feelings with yearning,

And I have not ceased to disturb him with yearning

And reminding him of the deserted dwelling,

And remind him of the abandoned abode

إِلى أَن تَنَفَّسَ عَن زَفرَةٍ

إِلى أَن تَنَفَّسَ عَن زَفرَةٍ

وَإِنَّ مِنَ الوَجدِ مُستَعبِرا

وَإِنَّ مِنَ الوَجدِ مُستَعبِرا

Until he breathed out a sigh,

Until he sighed from a gasp

And, indeed, was moved to tears by longing.

And verily from passion he seeks deliverance