أَلا يا حَمامَ الأَيكِ أَجرَيتَ أَدمُعي

أَلا يا حَمامَ الأَيكِ أَجرَيتَ أَدمُعي

وَقَد صاحَ فَوقَ الوَجنَتَينِ غَزيرُها

وَقَد صاحَ فَوقَ الوَجنَتَينِ غَزيرُها

Ah, O doves of the grove, you have set my tears flowing,

Oh dove of the valley, you have shed my tears

And indeed their torrent has cried out over both cheeks.

As copious flows gushed over both cheeks

وَأَضرَمتَ نيراناً بِقَلبي وَإِنَّني

وَأَضرَمتَ نيراناً بِقَلبي وَإِنَّني

أُكابِدُ أَهوالاً طَويلاً قَصيرُها

أُكابِدُ أَهوالاً طَويلاً قَصيرُها

And you have kindled fires in my heart, and indeed I

And ignited fires within my heart, though

Endure terrors whose briefest span is long.

I endure horrors, long and brief

أَتَندُبُ إِلفاً قَد أَذابَكَ بُعدُهُ

أَتَندُبُ إِلفاً قَد أَذابَكَ بُعدُهُ

وَتُذري دُموعاً قَد يَسيلُ غَزيرُحا

وَتُذري دُموعاً قَد يَسيلُ غَزيرُحا

Do you mourn a companion whose distance has melted you away,

I lament a beloved whose absence melted me

And scatter tears whose copious flow may pour forth?

And shed plenteous tears that freely spill

لَقَد هِجتَ مِني عِندَ نَوحِكَ ساكِناً

لَقَد هِجتَ مِني عِندَ نَوحِكَ ساكِناً

وَأَضرَمتَ ناراً في الفُؤادِ سَعيرُها

وَأَضرَمتَ ناراً في الفُؤادِ سَعيرُها

You have indeed stirred what lay still within me at your lament,

You roused me while grieving, though I was tranquil

And you have kindled a fire whose blaze burns within my heart.

And lit a blazing fire in my heart’s core

عَلَيكِ سَلامٌ لا سَلامَ مُوَدِّعٍ

عَلَيكِ سَلامٌ لا سَلامَ مُوَدِّعٍ

وَأَنتِ مِنى نَفسي وَأَنتِ سُرورُها

وَأَنتِ مِنى نَفسي وَأَنتِ سُرورُها

Peace be upon you—not the greeting of one bidding farewell.

Peace be upon you, not the peace of one bidding farewell

And you are my soul's hopes, and you are its joy.

You are my soul, and my happiness

فَحُبُّكِ في قَلبي مُقيمٌ مُصَوَّرٌ

فَحُبُّكِ في قَلبي مُقيمٌ مُصَوَّرٌ

وَحُبُّكِ في الأَحشاءِ وَسطَ ضَميرُها

وَحُبُّكِ في الأَحشاءِ وَسطَ ضَميرُها

For your love abides in my heart, pictured there,

So your love in my heart remains, embodied

And your love lies in my inward parts, at their inmost heart.

And your love in my bosom, midst my conscience

فَأَنتُم مُنى قَلبي وَسُؤلي وَبُغيَتي

فَأَنتُم مُنى قَلبي وَسُؤلي وَبُغيَتي

وَأَنتُم ضِيا عَيني اليَمينِ وَنورُها

وَأَنتُم ضِيا عَيني اليَمينِ وَنورُها

So you are my heart's hopes, my wish, and my desire,

For you are the wish of my heart, and my hope and desire

And you are the radiance of my right eye and its light.

You are the light of my right eye, and its radiance