لا نالَ قَلبي مِنكُمُ ما أَمَّلا

لا نالَ قَلبي مِنكُمُ ما أَمَّلا

إِن كانَ يَوماً عَن مَحَبَّتِكُم سَلا

إِن كانَ يَوماً عَن مَحَبَّتِكُم سَلا

May my heart never attain from you what it hoped for,

My heart gained not what I hoped from you

If ever it forgot its love for you.

If ever it turned from loving you one day

وَحُرمتُ ما أَرجوهُ مِن لُقياكُمُ

وَحُرمتُ ما أَرجوهُ مِن لُقياكُمُ

إِن حَلَّ قَلبي في سِواكُمُ أَو حَلا

إِن حَلَّ قَلبي في سِواكُمُ أَو حَلا

And may I be denied what I hope for in meeting you,

I've been denied what I desire of meeting you

If my heart finds lodging or sweetness in anyone but you.

If it settles on other than you, turned astray

أَحبابنا عودوا إِلى عَهدِ الصِبا

أَحبابنا عودوا إِلى عَهدِ الصِبا

وَعِدوا بِوَصلِكُمُ المُحِبَّ المُبتَلا

وَعِدوا بِوَصلِكُمُ المُحِبَّ المُبتَلا

Our beloved ones, return to the days of youth,

My friends, return to the pact of youth

And promise the afflicted lover reunion with you.

Fulfill your promise to reunite, don't delay

وَإِذا بَخِلتُم بِالسَلامِ فَحَمّلوا

وَإِذا بَخِلتُم بِالسَلامِ فَحَمّلوا

رَيّاكُمُ ريحُ الصَبا وَالشَمالا

رَيّاكُمُ ريحُ الصَبا وَالشَمالا

And if you withhold a greeting, then entrust

And if you're miserly with your greeting

Your fragrance to the east wind and the north wind.

May the east wind blow you and the north wind away

حَمَّلتُم العُشّاقَ أَثقالَ الهَوى

حَمَّلتُم العُشّاقَ أَثقالَ الهَوى

لَمّا تَبَدّى رَكبُكُم مُتَحَمِّلا

لَمّا تَبَدّى رَكبُكُم مُتَحَمِّلا

You made lovers bear the burdens of love

You've burdened lovers with love's heavy load

When your caravan appeared, setting out.

When your traveling party packed up and moved away

وَسَفَحتُمُ دَمَ أَدمُعي لَمّا غَدا

وَسَفَحتُمُ دَمَ أَدمُعي لَمّا غَدا

سَفحُ الغُوَيرِ لَكُم بَرغمي مَنزِلا

سَفحُ الغُوَيرِ لَكُم بَرغمي مَنزِلا

And you spilled the blood of my tears when

And you shed my bloody tears when you left

The lower slope of al-Ghuwayr became your dwelling, against my will.

Your dwellings spilled them, though I pled you to stay

عَلَقتكُم طِفلاً فَشَيَّبَ لِمَّتي

عَلَقتكُم طِفلاً فَشَيَّبَ لِمَّتي

طولَ التَجافي وَالتَجَنُّب والقِلا

طولَ التَجافي وَالتَجَنُّب والقِلا

I loved you as a child; my locks were grayed by

I clung to you as a child, till my hair turned grey

Long estrangement, avoidance, and aversion.

From long estrangement, aloofness, and betrayal

رقّوا لقَلب حَليفِ وَجدٍ ما عَصى

رقّوا لقَلب حَليفِ وَجدٍ ما عَصى

أَمرَ الغَرامِ وَلا أَطاعَ العُذَّلا

أَمرَ الغَرامِ وَلا أَطاعَ العُذَّلا

Have pity on a heart allied with longing, which never disobeyed

Take pity on a heart, ally of passion, that ne'er

Love's command, nor obeyed the reproachers.

Disobeyed love's command, nor flouted its sway

ماذا يُعيدُ لَيالِياً قَضَّيتها

ماذا يُعيدُ لَيالِياً قَضَّيتها

طيباً وَعصرُ صِباً مَضى فَتَبَدَّلا

طيباً وَعصرُ صِباً مَضى فَتَبَدَّلا

What can bring back nights I spent

What can bring back nights I spent in joy and prime

In delight, when the time of youth has passed and changed?

That have passed, changed, not to return, melted away?