فيك يحلو الغزل

فيك يحلو الغزل

فيك يلغى العذل

فيك يلغى العذل

Love verse about you grows sweet;

In you, flirtation is sweet

reproach concerning you is dismissed.

In you, blame is abolished

أنت فينا زهرة

أنت فينا زهرة

أنت فينا بلبل

أنت فينا بلبل

You are a flower among us;

You are a flower among us

you are a nightingale among us.

You are a nightingale among us

الشقيق في فم

الشقيق في فم

حل فيه العسل

حل فيه العسل

The anemone is in a mouth

Chamomile in the mouth

where honey has settled.

In which honey has dissolved

إيه في فيها الشفا

إيه في فيها الشفا

فاشربوه وكلوا

فاشربوه وكلوا

Ah, in her mouth is healing;

O, there is healing in it

so drink it and eat.

So drink it and eat it

وردة الخد التي

وردة الخد التي

غرستها القبل

غرستها القبل

The cheek’s rose, which

The cheek's rose that

kisses have planted,

The kiss has planted

سلبت عقلي الذي

سلبت عقلي الذي

قد رمته المقل

قد رمته المقل

stole my mind, which

Took away my mind that

the eyes had already struck.

Pining had discarded

سائلوها في الهوى

سائلوها في الهوى

في الهوى عنها سلوا

في الهوى عنها سلوا

Ask her about love;

Ask her about love

in love, ask about her.

About her, ask love

فأنا الصب بها

فأنا الصب بها

وهي عندي الأمل

وهي عندي الأمل

For I am enamored of her,

For I am passionate for her

and she is my hope.

And she is my hope

لست أسلوها ولا

لست أسلوها ولا

يعتريني الكلل

يعتريني الكلل

I do not cease loving her, nor

I do not ask her, nor

does weariness overtake me.

Does boredom afflict me

لست أشكوها ولا

لست أشكوها ولا

حام حولي الملل

حام حولي الملل

I do not complain of her, nor

I do not complain of her, nor

has boredom hovered around me.

Does tedium surround me

سار وجدي مثلما

سار وجدي مثلما

سار فيها المثل

سار فيها المثل

My passion spread, just as

My passion went as

the proverb about her spread.

The proverb went in her

نظر اللاحي لها

نظر اللاحي لها

فكساه الخجل

فكساه الخجل

The reproacher looked at her,

The onlooker's gaze fell on her

and shame clothed him.

So modesty clothed him

قلت ماذا قال مع

قلت ماذا قال مع

ذرة يا رجل

ذرة يا رجل

I said, “What?” He said, “Par—

I said, what did the man with

—don me, man!

The speck say, O man?

بلبليك البابلي

بلبليك البابلي

أنا منه ثمل

أنا منه ثمل

Your Babylonian nightingale—

Your nightingale, I

I am drunk on it.”

Am drunk with it

قلت عفوا قف هنا

قلت عفوا قف هنا

أو ترى ما العمل

أو ترى ما العمل

I said, “Pardon me, stop here!

I said sorry, stop here

Or what do you think is to be done?

Or else, what to do?

كم أناس قبلنا

كم أناس قبلنا

في الغرام اقتتلوا

في الغرام اقتتلوا

How many people before us

How many people before us

have fought one another for love!”

In love fought

فإذا بي وهي قد

فإذا بي وهي قد

خطرت تعتدل

خطرت تعتدل

Then suddenly, there I was, while she had

And then I and she

come sauntering, holding herself upright;

Began to be reasonable

وكلانا عندها

وكلانا عندها

شاخص منذهل

شاخص منذهل

and both of us before her

Both of us before her

stood staring, bewildered,

Frozen, astonished

يترجّى نفحة

يترجّى نفحة

وهو منها وجل

وهو منها وجل

each hoping for a breath,

Awaiting a breeze

yet afraid of her.

Frightened and awed of her

ساءلتنا ما جرى

ساءلتنا ما جرى

وعلى م الجدل

وعلى م الجدل

She asked us, “What happened,

She asked what happened

and what is the dispute about?”

And about the dispute

قلت لي مزاحم

قلت لي مزاحم

وهو لا يحتمل

وهو لا يحتمل

I said, “I have a rival,

I said a rival to me

and he is intolerable.

And he cannot tolerate

فاحكمي ما بيننا

فاحكمي ما بيننا

فيك ما لي بدل

فيك ما لي بدل

So judge between us:

So judge between us

I have no substitute for you.”

In you, I have no substitute

قالت الأمر انجلى

قالت الأمر انجلى

الحبيب الأول

الحبيب الأول

She said, “The matter is clear:

She said, the matter is clear

the first one is the beloved.”

The first lover