آه إن عاد الزمان لنا

آه إن عاد الزمان لنا

واجتمعنا في منازلنا

واجتمعنا في منازلنا

Ah, if only time would return to us,

Oh, if only time would return to us,

And we were reunited in our homes,

And we gathered again in our homes,

نفتح أبواب الهنا فرحا

نفتح أبواب الهنا فرحا

ونغيظ الحاسدين بنا

ونغيظ الحاسدين بنا

We would joyfully open the gates of happiness,

We would open the doors of bliss joyfully,

And vex those who envy us.

And spite the envious of us.

أين ما كنا على رامة

أين ما كنا على رامة

بختنيه من ثمار المنى

بختنيه من ثمار المنى

Where is what, at Rāmah, we used to

Where are we in our comfort and ease,

[Pluck?] from the fruits of hope?

With fortunes of wished-for pleasures?

أين أيام بجزع اللوى

أين أيام بجزع اللوى

ووصال كان بالمنحنى

ووصال كان بالمنحنى

Where are the days at the bend of al-Liwā,

Where are the days of ardent passion,

And the union once shared at the bend?

And union that bent the bough?

ولييلاتٌ خلت ومضت

ولييلاتٌ خلت ومضت

وعهود قد تقضت لنا

وعهود قد تقضت لنا

And those little nights, gone and past,

Nights have passed and gone,

And those times of ours, now ended?

And pledges for us are fulfilled.

كم جنينا من ثمار الهوى

كم جنينا من ثمار الهوى

بذراكم من لذيذ الجنى

بذراكم من لذيذ الجنى

How many fruits of love we plucked,

How much delight of love's fruits

In your shelter—a luscious harvest!

Did we reap, the sweetest of harvests!

أنا واللّه على عهدكُم

أنا واللّه على عهدكُم

لم أزل أرعى الذي بينا

لم أزل أرعى الذي بينا

I, by God, remain true to your covenant;

By God, I keep the pact between us,

I have never ceased to cherish what lies between us.

I still tend what is between us.

فوحقّ الحب ما أبصرت

فوحقّ الحب ما أبصرت

مقلتي من بعدكم حسنا

مقلتي من بعدكم حسنا

So, by love's sanctity, I have not beheld

By the right of love, my eyes have not seen

Any beauty with my eye since you departed.

A more beautiful gaze than yours.

ساجع الأيكة طارح فتى

ساجع الأيكة طارح فتى

هجرت أجفانهُ الوسنا

هجرت أجفانهُ الوسنا

O cooing bird of the grove, converse with a youth

A heartbroken lover returning to the ruins,

Whose eyelids have forsaken slumber.

Whose eyelids senility has abandoned.

بان عن أوطانه ياله من

بان عن أوطانه ياله من

محب فارق الوطنا

محب فارق الوطنا

He left his homelands—alas for him, a

He is far from his homelands – what a

Lover who parted from his homeland!

Lover parted from his home!

كلّ ما تخفى جوانحه

كلّ ما تخفى جوانحه

دمع عينيه به أعلنا

دمع عينيه به أعلنا

All that his ribs conceal,

All his wings conceal

His eyes' tears have openly proclaimed.

Are tears his eyes openly declare.

كتب الوجدُ كتاباً بها

كتب الوجدُ كتاباً بها

وأرى الدمع له عنونا

وأرى الدمع له عنونا

Longing wrote a book within them,

Love wrote in him a writ,

And I see the tears as its title.

And I see tears as its title.

رقمت بخدّه أسطر

رقمت بخدّه أسطر

فبدا سر له بطنا

فبدا سر له بطنا

Lines were inscribed on his cheek,

I outlined on his cheek lines,

So a secret of his, once hidden, appeared.

So his secret openly showed.

أترى الوصل له عائدٌ

أترى الوصل له عائدٌ

فيُرى الدهرُ له محسنا

فيُرى الدهرُ له محسنا

Do you think reunion will return to him,

Will union return to him?

So that time may be seen as kind to him?

Will time again show him favor?