أَيَقْتُلُني دائي وَأَنتَ طَبيبي

أَيَقْتُلُني دائي وَأَنتَ طَبيبي

قَريبٌ وَهلْ منْ لا يُرى بقَريبِ

قَريبٌ وَهلْ منْ لا يُرى بقَريبِ

Will my ailment kill me while you, my physician,

Does my malady kill me while you're my doctor?

are near? Yet is one unseen truly near?

A doctor who's near, though the near stays unseen.

لَئِنْ خُنْتَ عَهْدِي إنَّني غَيْرُ خَائنٍ

لَئِنْ خُنْتَ عَهْدِي إنَّني غَيْرُ خَائنٍ

وَأَيُّ مُحبٍّ خَانَ عَهْدَ حَبِيبِ

وَأَيُّ مُحبٍّ خَانَ عَهْدَ حَبِيبِ

Even if you have broken faith with me, I am not faithless;

If you break your vow, I'm no oath-breaker,

And what lover has ever broken faith with a beloved?

What lover ever betrayed his darling's trust?

وَسَاحِبَةٍ فَضْلَ الذُّيُولِ كأَنَّهَا

وَسَاحِبَةٍ فَضْلَ الذُّيُولِ كأَنَّهَا

قَضِيبٌ مِنَ الرَّيْحانِ فَوْقَ كَثيبِ

قَضِيبٌ مِنَ الرَّيْحانِ فَوْقَ كَثيبِ

And many a woman trailing her long skirts, as though she were

A gale on the dune, she sways like a branch

A slender stem of sweet basil above a sand dune.

of sweet basil above the high ground.

إِذَا ما بَدَتْ مِنْ خِدْرِهَا قَالَ صَاحِبي

إِذَا ما بَدَتْ مِنْ خِدْرِهَا قَالَ صَاحِبي

أَطِعْني وَخُذْ مِنْ وَصلِهَا بِنَصيبِ

أَطِعْني وَخُذْ مِنْ وَصلِهَا بِنَصيبِ

Whenever she emerged from her secluded chamber, my companion said:

When her breasts showed from her shift, my friend said:

“Heed me, and gain a share of intimacy with her.”

"Obey me. Take some when her gown gapes."

فَما كُلُّ ذي لُبٍّ بِمُؤْتِيكَ نُصْحَهُ

فَما كُلُّ ذي لُبٍّ بِمُؤْتِيكَ نُصْحَهُ

وَمَا كُلُّ مُؤْتٍ نُصْحَهُ بِلَبِيبِ

وَمَا كُلُّ مُؤْتٍ نُصْحَهُ بِلَبِيبِ

For not everyone with sense will offer you his sincere counsel,

Not every bright one offers you wisdom;

Nor is everyone who offers his sincere counsel wise.

not every giver of counsel is wise.