فِدَاءٌ لِمَنْ أَهْوَاهُ روحِي فَهَلْ تَرَى

فِدَاءٌ لِمَنْ أَهْوَاهُ روحِي فَهَلْ تَرَى

يقَاسِمُنِي ذَاكَ الْهَوَى وَيغَادِي

يقَاسِمُنِي ذَاكَ الْهَوَى وَيغَادِي

My soul be a ransom for the one I love—do you think

My soul is a ransom for the one I love—do you think

he shares that love with me and comes to me at dawn?

he shares that passion with me and visits at dawn?

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَيَّامِي أَتَاحَتْ لِيَ الْمُنَى

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَيَّامِي أَتَاحَتْ لِيَ الْمُنَى

لَظَلَّ مقِيماً فِي صَمِيمِ فُؤَادِي

لَظَلَّ مقِيماً فِي صَمِيمِ فُؤَادِي

If only my days had granted me my heart’s desire,

And if my days had granted me my wishes,

he would have remained forever in the very core of my heart.

he would have remained dwelling in my heart’s very core.

خَلِيلَيَّ وَمِلْءُ الْعَيْنِ مِنِّي حُسْنُهُ

خَلِيلَيَّ وَمِلْءُ الْعَيْنِ مِنِّي حُسْنُهُ

وفِي كُلُّ آنٍ مِنْهُ خَوْفُ بُعَادِ

وفِي كُلُّ آنٍ مِنْهُ خَوْفُ بُعَادِ

My two friends, his beauty is all that fills my sight,

O my two friends, his beauty fills my eyes,

yet at every moment I fear separation from him.

and every moment brings fear of separation from him.

تُنَاهِبُه مِنِّي لِحَاظُ صَوَاحِبِي

تُنَاهِبُه مِنِّي لِحَاظُ صَوَاحِبِي

وَتِلْكَ إِلى قَلْبِي سِهَامُ أَعَادِ

وَتِلْكَ إِلى قَلْبِي سِهَامُ أَعَادِ

The glances of my women companions vie to snatch him from me,

My female companions’ glances vie to steal him from me,

and those are enemies’ arrows aimed at my heart.

and those are enemies’ arrows aimed at my heart.

أَغَارُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ نَضِيرِ شَبَابِهِ

أَغَارُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ نَضِيرِ شَبَابِهِ

وَأَبْغَيهِ كَهْلاً لَوْ يَتِمُّ مُرَادِي

وَأَبْغَيهِ كَهْلاً لَوْ يَتِمُّ مُرَادِي

I grow jealous over the radiant bloom of his youth,

I am jealous over him, even of the fresh bloom of his youth,

and would have him middle-aged, if only my wish came true.

and I would have him middle-aged, if only my wish came true.