لا تَسمَعي قَول واش

لا تَسمَعي قَول واش

قَد جاءَ شَيئاً فَريّا

قَد جاءَ شَيئاً فَريّا

Do not listen to a slanderer's words.

Do not listen to gossip

He has indeed brought forth something monstrous.

That has come overly eager

لبستُ أَثوابَ حُبّي

لبستُ أَثوابَ حُبّي

فلِم دعيتُ تُخالِع

فلِم دعيتُ تُخالِع

I have donned the garments of my love;

I wore the clothes of my love

why, then, was I asked to cast them off?

So why was I called to take them off?

وَمِتُّ عِشقاً فَحَسبي

وَمِتُّ عِشقاً فَحَسبي

من عاذِلي كَم يُنازِع

من عاذِلي كَم يُنازِع

And I have died of passion; I have had enough

And I die of love, which is enough for me

of my reproacher—how often he argues!

From those who blame me, how much do they argue?

فَيا حَبيبَةَ قَلبي

فَيا حَبيبَةَ قَلبي

قُولي فَإِنّي سامِع

قُولي فَإِنّي سامِع

So, beloved of my heart,

O beloved of my heart

speak, for I am listening.

Say, for I am listening

مذ بِنتِ عَنّيَ جَنبي

مذ بِنتِ عَنّيَ جَنبي

جافى عليك المَضاجِع

جافى عليك المَضاجِع

Since you parted from me, my side

Since you turned away from me

has shunned the beds on your account.

Beds became barren upon you

وَصارَ سرّيَ فاشي

وَصارَ سرّيَ فاشي

وَالقَتلُ منك خَفيا

وَالقَتلُ منك خَفيا

And my secret has become public,

And my secret was revealed

and the killing you inflict remains hidden.

And killing me from you secretly

مُنّي وَما شئت منّي

مُنّي وَما شئت منّي

خُذي وَجافي خلافي

خُذي وَجافي خلافي

Be gracious; whatever you wish from me,

Wish from me and whatever you want from me

take, and shun opposition to me.

Take, and turn away from me

وَسائِلي الناس عَنّي

وَسائِلي الناس عَنّي

إِنّي وَفيٌّ وَصافِ

إِنّي وَفيٌّ وَصافِ

And ask the people about me:

And ask people about me

I am faithful and pure-hearted.

I am loyal and pure

وَراقبي اللَهَ إِنّي

وَراقبي اللَهَ إِنّي

بادي السقام وَخافِ

بادي السقام وَخافِ

And be mindful of God, for I am

And watch Allah, truly

ill both openly and in secret.

My sickness is apparent and I fear

لا في الجَفا ساءَ ظَنّي

لا في الجَفا ساءَ ظَنّي

فأحسِني لي ولا في

فأحسِني لي ولا في

My trust has not soured amid estrangement;

Do not think ill of me in estrangement

so be kind to me; nor is there in

So treat me well, and do not

قَلبي مِن البعد خاشي

قَلبي مِن البعد خاشي

فَواصليني مليّا

فَواصليني مليّا

my heart any fear of separation.

In my heart fear separation

So join me for a long while.

So keep me company for a while

قَد حَتَّ جِسمي حَتّا

قَد حَتَّ جِسمي حَتّا

قُربُ الرَقيبِ العَبوسِ

قُربُ الرَقيبِ العَبوسِ

My body has been utterly worn away

My body has been shredded

by the nearness of the scowling watcher.

By the gloom of the stern watcher

فأبعديه مُشتّى

فأبعديه مُشتّى

إِن رمت تَفريغ كيسي

إِن رمت تَفريغ كيسي

So banish him far afield,

Send him away, annoyed

if you wish to empty my purse.

If you intend to empty my purse

وَعانقينيَ حَتّى

وَعانقينيَ حَتّى

يَزول هَمّي وَبوسي

يَزول هَمّي وَبوسي

And embrace me until

And embrace me until

my worry and misery pass away.

My worries and kiss disappear

وَهاتِ كأساً تأتّى

وَهاتِ كأساً تأتّى

مِنها سُرورُ النُفوسِ

مِنها سُرورُ النُفوسِ

And bring a cup: there has arisen

And bring a cup from which

from it the joy of souls.

The happiness of souls comes

فالمُقعَدُ اِنسابَ ماشي

فالمُقعَدُ اِنسابَ ماشي

وَالميت أَصبح حَيّا

وَالميت أَصبح حَيّا

So the paralyzed one glided along on foot,

The one sitting stood up walking

and the dead one became alive.

And the dead became alive

قَد راقَني بَدرُ تَمّ

قَد راقَني بَدرُ تَمّ

محجَّبٌ بدلال

محجَّبٌ بدلال

A full moon has indeed charmed me,

The full moon, veiled in coquetry

veiled in coyness.

Pleased me, shining

إِذا هَممتُ بِرُغمي

إِذا هَممتُ بِرُغمي

أَسلو هَواه بَدا لي

أَسلو هَواه بَدا لي

Whenever I resolve, against my will,

When I decided to pine

to forget my love for him, he appears to me.

His love appeared to me

قَد صرتُ من فَرطِ سُقمي

قَد صرتُ من فَرطِ سُقمي

يا بدر مِثلَ الخَيالِ

يا بدر مِثلَ الخَيالِ

I have become, through the severity of my sickness,

I became, from the excess of my sickness

O full moon, like a phantom.

O moon, like an apparition

هبني الخَيالَ بزَعمي

هبني الخَيالَ بزَعمي

لا بدّ لي من وِصالِ

لا بدّ لي من وِصالِ

Suppose I am a phantom, as I claim:

Imagination, take me, in my claim

I cannot do without union.

I must meet him

لمّا عشقتكِ ناشي

لمّا عشقتكِ ناشي

سَلَوتُ سُعدى وَرَيّا

سَلَوتُ سُعدى وَرَيّا

When I fell in love with you as a youth,

When I loved you, my joy

I forgot Su'da and Rayya.

I found happiness and breeze