قُل لِسُعدى تَحَرَّجي

قُل لِسُعدى تَحَرَّجي

وَجِّهيني لِمَخرَجي

وَجِّهيني لِمَخرَجي

Tell Su'da: be scrupulous;

Tell Suad to slip away shyly

guide me to my way out.

And direct me to my escape

لا تَكوني عَلَيَّ كَال

لا تَكوني عَلَيَّ كَال

نَفسِ إِن تُنهَ تَلجُجِ

نَفسِ إِن تُنهَ تَلجُجِ

Do not be toward me like the

Do not be harsh towards me

soul that grows obstinate when restrained.

If you intend to end this

مِنكِ طيفٌ يَزورُني

مِنكِ طيفٌ يَزورُني

وَيَرى كُلَّ مَنهَجِ

وَيَرى كُلَّ مَنهَجِ

An apparition of you visits me

An apparition of you visits me

and sees every path.

And sees every path I take

فَإِلى اللَهِ مُشتَكا

فَإِلى اللَهِ مُشتَكا

يَ مِنَ الهائِمِ الشِجي

يَ مِنَ الهائِمِ الشِجي

So to God goes my complaint

So I complain bitterly to God

about the lovesick, sorrowful one.

Oh, from this miserable madness

غَرَّني مِنكِ وافِدٌ

غَرَّني مِنكِ وافِدٌ

بِالحَديثِ المُلَهوَجِ

بِالحَديثِ المُلَهوَجِ

An envoy from you beguiled me

A visitor deceived me with you

with hurried, muddled talk.

With intricate, twisted tales

فَعِديني ثُمَّ اِنجِزي

فَعِديني ثُمَّ اِنجِزي

أَنا خاشٍ وَمُرتَجي

أَنا خاشٍ وَمُرتَجي

So promise me, then fulfill your promise;

So return me then fulfill

I am fearful and hopeful.

I am apprehensive and hopeful

وَكَأَنّي سُلِبتُ نَو

وَكَأَنّي سُلِبتُ نَو

مي بِسِحرِ المُهَيِّجِ

مي بِسِحرِ المُهَيِّجِ

And it is as though I were robbed of

It's as if my soul was stolen by

my sleep by the spell of the one who rouses me.

The sorcery of the agitator

وَمَتى تَذكُري الصُدو

وَمَتى تَذكُري الصُدو

دَ أُعَوِّل وَأَنشِجِ

دَ أُعَوِّل وَأَنشِجِ

And whenever you mention

And when will you remember the companionship

turning away, I wail and sob.

I rely on and inspire me to compose

أَنتِ هَمّي في مَجلِسي

أَنتِ هَمّي في مَجلِسي

وَمَقيلي وَمَدرَجي

وَمَقيلي وَمَدرَجي

You are my concern where I sit,

You are my thoughts in my sitting place

and at my midday rest, and along my path.

My resting place and my path

فَاِذكُري لَيلَةَ الخَمي

فَاِذكُري لَيلَةَ الخَمي

سِ لِساني المُلَجلِجِ

سِ لِساني المُلَجلِجِ

So recall Thursday night:

So recall the night of Thursday

my stammering tongue,

My stammering tongue

وَوُقوفي خَلفَ الرِيا

وَوُقوفي خَلفَ الرِيا

حِ بِلَيلٍ مُدَجَّجِ

حِ بِلَيلٍ مُدَجَّجِ

and my standing behind the

And my standing behind the wind

winds, in an armor-clad night,

On a heavily cloaked night

وَمَسيري إِلَيكِ مِن

وَمَسيري إِلَيكِ مِن

بَحرِ لَيلٍ مُلَجَّجِ

بَحرِ لَيلٍ مُلَجَّجِ

and my journey to you from

And my coming to you from

a surging sea of night.

A tumultuous, billowing sea of night

أَرقُبُ البَدرَ كَي أَرى

أَرقُبُ البَدرَ كَي أَرى

وَجهَ بَدرٍ مُتَوَّجِ

وَجهَ بَدرٍ مُتَوَّجِ

I watch the full moon so I may see

I await the full moon so I can see

the face of a crowned full moon.

The face of a crowned full moon

فَاِلتَقَينا عَلى العِتا

فَاِلتَقَينا عَلى العِتا

بِ نُنادي وَنَنتَجي

بِ نُنادي وَنَنتَجي

So we met to exchange

So we met at the trysting place

reproaches, calling out and whispering together.

Calling out and conferring together

وَاِبنُ سَلمانَ ساقِطٌ

وَاِبنُ سَلمانَ ساقِطٌ

كَالحِمارِ المُوَدَّجِ

كَالحِمارِ المُوَدَّجِ

And Ibn Salman lay collapsed,

And the son of Salman has fallen

like a donkey with its jugular cut.

Like a laden donkey

لا يَراني وَقَد أَرى

لا يَراني وَقَد أَرى

وَجهَهُ غَيرَ أَبلَجِ

وَجهَهُ غَيرَ أَبلَجِ

He does not see me, yet I see

He cannot see me though I see

his face, without radiance.

His face openly, not obscured