كُلّ يَومٍ يَروعُني مِنكَ عَتب

كُلّ يَومٍ يَروعُني مِنكَ عَتب

أَيّ ذَنبٍ جَناهُ فيكَ المُحبُّ

أَيّ ذَنبٍ جَناهُ فيكَ المُحبُّ

Each day a reproach from you alarms me.

Every day I am admonished by your reproach,

What sin has the lover committed against you?

What sin did the lover commit against you?

إِن تَكُن أَحدَثت وشاتي حَديث

إِن تَكُن أَحدَثت وشاتي حَديث

بِسلوّي هَواك حَشاي كذبُ

بِسلوّي هَواك حَشاي كذبُ

If my slanderers have fabricated a tale

If I talked foolishly, my folly was

Of my forgetting your love—my heart gives it the lie.

To soothe your love, though my words were lies,

وَضُلوعي لَها هَواك ضُلوعا

وَضُلوعي لَها هَواك ضُلوعا

بَل وَقَلبي لَها المَحبّة قَلبُ

بَل وَقَلبي لَها المَحبّة قَلبُ

My ribs have your love as their ribs;

And my ribs - for them your love is ribs,

Nay, my heart, too, has love as its heart.

Nay, for them love itself is a heart.

مُتّ مِن جَورِ سادَة قَد أَحَلّوا

مُتّ مِن جَورِ سادَة قَد أَحَلّوا

قَتلَ مَن لا لهُ سِوى العشقِ ذَنبُ

قَتلَ مَن لا لهُ سِوى العشقِ ذَنبُ

I died from the tyranny of lords who made lawful

I died at the injustice of tyrants who made

The killing of one whose only sin is love.

Love itself a crime for the hapless lover.

صارَ لي في هَواهُ رُتبة ما

صارَ لي في هَواهُ رُتبة ما

حازَها في هَواهم قَطُّ صَبُّ

حازَها في هَواهم قَطُّ صَبُّ

In loving him I gained a rank that no

For you I gained a status never gained

Lovesick lover ever attained in loving them.

By any mad lover in his loving.

عَبراتٌ تَهمي وَجِسمٌ نَحيلٌ

عَبراتٌ تَهمي وَجِسمٌ نَحيلٌ

وَفُؤادٌ عَلى التَّقاطعِ يَصبو

وَفُؤادٌ عَلى التَّقاطعِ يَصبو

Streaming tears, and a wasted body,

Tears flow in me, my body grows frail,

And a heart that yearns despite estrangement;

My heart falters in its pulsation.

وَضُلوعٌ مِنَ الجَوى واهِيات

وَضُلوعٌ مِنَ الجَوى واهِيات

وَدُموعٌ بِذائِبِ القَلبِ سكبُ

وَدُموعٌ بِذائِبِ القَلبِ سكبُ

And ribs weakened by love's anguish,

My ribs are weakened by passion’s heat,

And tears poured forth with the heart's molten substance.

My tears pour from my heart in streams.

يا سَميري وَلَم أَقُل يا سَميري

يا سَميري وَلَم أَقُل يا سَميري

قَط إِلّا أَجابَ عِشق وَحُبُّ

قَط إِلّا أَجابَ عِشق وَحُبُّ

O my night companion! I have not said, 'O my night companion,'

O Samir, I never called "O Samir,"

Even once, without passion and love answering.

But love and passion answered my call.

هَل لِداء الهَوى سَمعت دَواء

هَل لِداء الهَوى سَمعت دَواء

هَل لِمَيت الغَرام في الحُبّ طبُّ

هَل لِمَيت الغَرام في الحُبّ طبُّ

Have you heard of a remedy for the sickness of love?

Have you heard of a cure for love's hurt?

Is there healing in love for one dead from passion?

Is there a doctor for love's affliction?

بَينَ جِسمي وَالسَّقم سلم وَبَينَ ال

بَينَ جِسمي وَالسَّقم سلم وَبَينَ ال

جفنِ وَالنَّوم عِندَما صَدّ حَربُ

جفنِ وَالنَّوم عِندَما صَدّ حَربُ

Between my body and sickness there is peace; and between the

Between my body and sickness - a truce,

eyelid and sleep, when he turned away, there is war.

Between my eyes and sleep - when war flares.

مَن مُجيري مِن ظالِم وَلي القَل

مَن مُجيري مِن ظالِم وَلي القَل

ب لَهُ اليَوم فيهِ قَتلٌ وَنَهبُ

ب لَهُ اليَوم فيهِ قَتلٌ وَنَهبُ

Who will save me from a tyrant who has seized the

Who will protect me from the unjust lord

heart, where today he kills and plunders?

Whose heart today kills and despoils?

جاءَ لِلنّاسِ فتنة بِخدودٍ

جاءَ لِلنّاسِ فتنة بِخدودٍ

نارها في قُلوبنا لَيسَ تَخبوا

نارها في قُلوبنا لَيسَ تَخبوا

He came as a temptation to people, with cheeks

Seductive cheeks brought people tribulation,

Whose fire in our hearts does not die down.

Their fire in our hearts cannot be quenched.

إِنَّ عَيني لِشمس وَجهِكَ شَرق

إِنَّ عَيني لِشمس وَجهِكَ شَرق

ما لِدَمعي سِوى الجفن غَربُ

ما لِدَمعي سِوى الجفن غَربُ

Indeed, my eye is the east for the sun of your face;

My eyes are an east for your sunlike face,

My tears have no west except the eyelid.

My tear has no west but the eyelid's rim.