وَحَسناءَ ما ذاقَت لِغَيري مَحَبَّةً

وَحَسناءَ ما ذاقَت لِغَيري مَحَبَّةً

وَلا نَغَّصَت لي حُبَّها بِشَريكِ

وَلا نَغَّصَت لي حُبَّها بِشَريكِ

And a beauty who has never tasted love for anyone but me,

A beauty who never loved another but me,

Nor spoiled my love for her with a rival,

Nor shared her love of me with any rival,

تُسائِلُ عَن وَجدي بِها وَصَبابَتي

تُسائِلُ عَن وَجدي بِها وَصَبابَتي

فَقُلتُ أَما يَكفيكِ مَوتِيَ فيكِ

فَقُلتُ أَما يَكفيكِ مَوتِيَ فيكِ

Asks about my passion for her and my yearning.

She asks about my passion for her, my rapture,

So I said, "Is my dying for you not enough?"

And I say, "Does not my death for you suffice?"

وَكانَت تُسَمّيني أَخاها تَعَلُّلاً

وَكانَت تُسَمّيني أَخاها تَعَلُّلاً

فَقُلتُ لَها أَفسَدتِ عَقلَ أَخيكِ

فَقُلتُ لَها أَفسَدتِ عَقلَ أَخيكِ

And she used to call me her brother as a pretext,

She used to call me "brother" as pretext,

So I told her, "You have ruined your brother's mind."

So I said, "You have corrupted your brother's mind."

تَرَكتُ جَميعَ الناسِ فيكِ مَحَبَّةً

تَرَكتُ جَميعَ الناسِ فيكِ مَحَبَّةً

فَيالَيتَ بَعضَ الناسِ لي تَرَكوكِ

فَيالَيتَ بَعضَ الناسِ لي تَرَكوكِ

I forsook all others out of love for you;

I left all people for love of only you,

If only some people would leave you to me!

If only some people had left you for me!

رَأَوكِ فَقالوا البَدرُ وَالغُصنُ وَالنَقا

رَأَوكِ فَقالوا البَدرُ وَالغُصنُ وَالنَقا

وَلا شَكَّ أَنَّ القَومَ ما عَرَفوكِ

وَلا شَكَّ أَنَّ القَومَ ما عَرَفوكِ

They saw you and said, "The full moon, the bough, the sand dune!"

They saw you and said, "The full moon, a branch, pure star,"

And there is no doubt those people did not know you.

No doubt these people did not know you.

لَعَمرُكِ قَد أَذنَبتِ حينَ ظَلَمتِني

لَعَمرُكِ قَد أَذنَبتِ حينَ ظَلَمتِني

كَذا الناسُ في تَشبيهِهِم ظَلَموكِ

كَذا الناسُ في تَشبيهِهِم ظَلَموكِ

By your life, you sinned when you wronged me;

By your life, you sinned when you wronged me,

Likewise, people wronged you with their comparisons.

Thus people in likening you have done you wrong.

وَلَم تَظلِمي إِلّا بِقَولِكِ قَد سَلا

وَلَم تَظلِمي إِلّا بِقَولِكِ قَد سَلا

أَمِثلِيَ يَسلوا عَنكِ لا وَأَبيكِ

أَمِثلِيَ يَسلوا عَنكِ لا وَأَبيكِ

And you wronged me only by saying, "He has forgotten his love."

You wronged me only by saying I had asked

Would someone like me forget you? No, by your father!

Would one like me ask about you? No, by your father!

وَلِلناسِ في الدُنيا مُلوكٌ كَثيرَةٌ

وَلِلناسِ في الدُنيا مُلوكٌ كَثيرَةٌ

وَهَيهاتَ ما لِلناسِ مِثلُ مَلوكي

وَهَيهاتَ ما لِلناسِ مِثلُ مَلوكي

And people in this world have many kings,

People in this world have many kings,

But far from it—people have no one like Maluki.

But, alas, people do not have a king like mine.