يا وردتي أين الشذى و النّدى

يا وردتي أين الشذى و النّدى

يا كبدي أين الهوى و الحنين

يا كبدي أين الهوى و الحنين

O my rose, where are fragrance and dew?

O my rose, where is the fragrance and the dew?

O my rose, where are the fragrance and the dew?

O my liver, where are love and longing?

O my heart, where is the passion and the yearning?

O my deepest heart, where are the passion and the longing?

يا روحي الثكلى ألم تأخذي

يا روحي الثكلى ألم تأخذي

عن ربّة الألحان أين الأنين

عن ربّة الألحان أين الأنين

O my bereaved soul, have you not learned

O my grieving soul, have you not taken

O my bereaved soul, have you not learned

from the mistress of melodies? Where is the lament?

From the mistress of melodies, where is the wailing?

from the goddess of melodies where the lamentation lies?

يا أمّ أحلامي و أمّ المنى

يا أمّ أحلامي و أمّ المنى

في فجرها أين قبرت البنين

في فجرها أين قبرت البنين

O mother of my dreams and mother of wishes,

O mother of my dreams and mother of my wishes

O mother of my dreams and mother of my hopes,

in their dawn, where did you bury the sons?

In their dawn, where did you bury the sons?

in its dawn, where did you bury the sons?

لمحت في كأسي و قد شعشعت

لمحت في كأسي و قد شعشعت

طيف الأماني و الهوى و السنين

طيف الأماني و الهوى و السنين

I glimpsed in my cup, its wine now diluted,

I glimpsed in my cup when it shone

I glimpsed in my cup, as it sparkled,

the phantom of hopes and love and years,

The specter of hopes, passion and years

the specter of wishes, of passion, and of the years,

و ذكرياتي و هي عريانة

و ذكرياتي و هي عريانة

تبدو و تخفى بين حين و حين

تبدو و تخفى بين حين و حين

and my memories, naked as they were,

And my memories, bare

and my memories, laid bare and naked,

appearing and vanishing from time to time,

Appear and disappear between a while and a while

appearing and vanishing from time to time,

و تلك الحسناء بلون الضحى

و تلك الحسناء بلون الضحى

و تلك شوهاء بلون الدّجون

و تلك شوهاء بلون الدّجون

and that fair one, in the hue of midmorning,

That beautiful one in the color of dawn

and that beautiful one, the color of the morning sun,

and that ugly one, in the hue of gloom.

And that ugly one in the color of darkness

and that disfigured one, the color of the gathering gloom.

يقفزن في كأسي فلا أنثني

يقفزن في كأسي فلا أنثني

عن خمرة الكأس و لا ينثنين

عن خمرة الكأس و لا ينثنين

They leap in my cup, so I do not turn away

Jump in my cup, so I do not refrain

They leap into my cup, yet I do not turn away

from the wine of the cup, nor do they turn away.

From the wine of the cup, nor do they refrain

from the cup's wine, nor do they turn away.

هذا جنون النفس في سكرها

هذا جنون النفس في سكرها

و العقل من خدّام هذا الجنون

و العقل من خدّام هذا الجنون

This is the soul's madness in its drunkenness,

This is the madness of the soul in its drunkenness

This is the madness of the soul in its drunkenness,

and reason is among the servants of this madness.

And the mind is among the servants of this madness

and reason is but a servant to this madness.

جارتي الحسناء ثرثارة

جارتي الحسناء ثرثارة

سكرى الهوى نشوى الصبى و الفتون

سكرى الهوى نشوى الصبى و الفتون

My beautiful neighbor is a chatterbox,

My beautiful neighbor, talkative

My beautiful neighbor is full of chatter,

drunk on love, intoxicated with youth and allure.

Drunk with passion, tender with youth and infatuation

drunk on love, intoxicated by youth and captivation.

رأيت من أحزانها ما اختفى

رأيت من أحزانها ما اختفى

و دقّ حتّى ما تراه الظنون

و دقّ حتّى ما تراه الظنون

I saw in her sorrows what lay hidden

I saw from her sorrows what was hidden

I saw of her sorrows what was hidden,

and was so subtle that even conjecture could not discern it.

And knocked until what suspicions do not see

so delicate that even conjectures could not perceive it.

كلّ الأسى الصاخب يا جارتي

كلّ الأسى الصاخب يا جارتي

فداء حزن صامت في العيون

فداء حزن صامت في العيون

All clamorous sorrow, O my neighbor,

All the noisy anguish, O my neighbor

All clamorous sorrow, O my neighbor,

is a ransom for a silent sorrow in the eyes.

Is ransom for a silent sorrow in the eyes

is a ransom for the silent sorrow in the eyes.

هاتي من الأحزان ما شئته

هاتي من الأحزان ما شئته

لا يفهم الأحزان غير الحزين

لا يفهم الأحزان غير الحزين

Bring whatever sorrows you wish;

Bring me from the sorrows what you wish

Bring forth from sorrows whatever you will,

no one understands sorrows but the sorrowful.

No one understands sorrows but the sorrowful

for none understands sorrows but the sorrowful.

يا جارتي الحسناء هل تعلمين

يا جارتي الحسناء هل تعلمين

يا جارتي ليتك لا تعلمين

يا جارتي ليتك لا تعلمين

O my beautiful neighbor, do you know?

O my beautiful neighbor, do you know

O my beautiful neighbor, do you know?

O my neighbor, would that you did not know.

O my neighbor, if only you did not know

O my neighbor, if only you did not know.