ولو وفَتِ الأَيّام جاشَت صُدورُها

ولو وفَتِ الأَيّام جاشَت صُدورُها

بما ضُمّنتهُ أو تبلغَ ما عِندي

بما ضُمّنتهُ أو تبلغَ ما عِندي

And if the days kept faith, their breasts would overflow

Even if the days were to overflow, their hearts

With what they were entrusted to hold, until they conveyed what I hold within.

Would gush with what I have instilled or attain what I possess

ولو جرت الخمسُ الرِّياحُ تضوَّعَت

ولو جرت الخمسُ الرِّياحُ تضوَّعَت

بما استنشقته من ثنائي ومن ودي

بما استنشقته من ثنائي ومن ودي

And if the five winds blew, they would spread fragrance

And if the five winds were to blow, they would be fragrant

With what they inhaled of my praise and my affection.

With what they inhaled of my praise and affection

ولو كان عهدٌ للغزالةِ جَددت

ولو كان عهدٌ للغزالةِ جَددت

لكم كل ما أَبقى الجديدانِ من عِهد

لكم كل ما أَبقى الجديدانِ من عِهد

And if the sun had a pledge, it would renew

And if there was a pact for the gazelle, she would renew

For you every pledge that day and night have left.

For you all that the two wrists have kept of the pact

ألم تسألوا والقلبُ رهنٌ لديكُم

ألم تسألوا والقلبُ رهنٌ لديكُم

فيخبركُم عنّي بمضمرهِ بَعدي

فيخبركُم عنّي بمضمرهِ بَعدي

Have you not asked, while my heart lies pledged in your keeping,

Did you not ask, while my heart is hostage to you

So it might tell you of me through what it harbors, in my absence?

So it tells you about me and what it conceals after me

فلو قبلتني الحادثات مكانكم

فلو قبلتني الحادثات مكانكم

لأنهبتها وفري وأوطأتُها خدّي

لأنهبتها وفري وأوطأتُها خدّي

So, were misfortunes to accept me in your place,

If misfortunes were to befall you instead of me

I would let them plunder my wealth and tread upon my cheek.

I would confront them with my strength and press them to my cheek

ألم تعلَمُوا أني وأهلي وواحدي

ألم تعلَمُوا أني وأهلي وواحدي

فِداءٌ ولا أرضى بتفديةٍ وحدي

فِداءٌ ولا أرضى بتفديةٍ وحدي

Do you not know that I, my family, and my only child

Do you not know that I, my family and my one

Are a ransom for you—and I am not content to offer myself alone?

Are ransom, and I am not pleased with just ransoming myself