يا سقى عَهدي وَسُكّان الغَضا

يا سقى عَهدي وَسُكّان الغَضا

وَزَماناً بِالتَصابي قَد مَضى

وَزَماناً بِالتَصابي قَد مَضى

Oh, may rain water my bygone days and the dwellers among the ghada trees,

O you who tended to my covenant and the dwellers of meadows,

And a time now past in youthful dalliance.

And a time of separation that has passed.

فَاِنظُروا فيَّ تَصاريف القَضا

فَاِنظُروا فيَّ تَصاريف القَضا

كلَّما قُلت الهَوى مِنّي اِنقَضى

كلَّما قُلت الهَوى مِنّي اِنقَضى

So behold in me the vicissitudes of fate.

Look upon me, turns of fate,

Whenever I said, "My passion has ended,"

Whenever I said passion left me, it increased -

زادَ في حُلو المَعاني شَجني

زادَ في حُلو المَعاني شَجني

وَيح قَلبي مِن تَباريح الجَوى

وَيح قَلبي مِن تَباريح الجَوى

My aching longing for the one of sweet qualities grew.

Adding sweetness to meanings, my longing grew.

Alas for my heart, afflicted by love's searing torments,

Woe my heart from pains of love!

وَمِن الوَجد بِبانات اللوى

وَمِن الوَجد بِبانات اللوى

أَنا صَبٌّ دَأبه رَفض السوى

أَنا صَبٌّ دَأبه رَفض السوى

And by yearning among the ban trees of al-Liwa.

And from ardor in the abodes of passion,

I am a lovesick lover whose habit is to reject all else.

I am one whose habit is to reject parity.

فَاِشهدوا أَنّي يَزيديُّ الهَوى

فَاِشهدوا أَنّي يَزيديُّ الهَوى

غَير أَنّي عَبد حُبّ الحسنِ

غَير أَنّي عَبد حُبّ الحسنِ

So bear witness that I am Yazidi in love,

So witness that my passion is abundant,

Yet I am a slave to the love of al-Hasan.

Except that I am a slave of love for the beautiful.