يومُ الفراق أهاج لي حُرَقاً

يومُ الفراق أهاج لي حُرَقاً

وشفى الفؤادَ وسكَّنَ الأرقا

وشفى الفؤادَ وسكَّنَ الأرقا

The day of parting stirred burning pangs in me,

The day we parted kindled in me a blaze,

And healed my heart and soothed my sleeplessness.

Yet it soothed my heart and calmed my restless nights.

قَبَّلْتُ مَن أَهْوَى برَغْمِهِم

قَبَّلْتُ مَن أَهْوَى برَغْمِهِم

في الجهر لا خَلْساً ولا سَرَقا

في الجهر لا خَلْساً ولا سَرَقا

I kissed the one I love against their will,

I kissed the one I love despite their protests,

In the open—not furtively, nor by stealth.

Openly, not in secret or by stealth.

وأَرَيتُهُمْ أنّي أُوَدِّعُهُمْ

وأَرَيتُهُمْ أنّي أُوَدِّعُهُمْ

وشرِبتُ قهوةَ خَدّه دَفَقا

وشرِبتُ قهوةَ خَدّه دَفَقا

And I showed them that I was bidding them farewell,

I showed them I was bidding them farewell,

And drank the wine of his cheek in a torrent.

And drank the coffee of their cheek in gulps.

لولا التوادُعُ يا مليحةُ ما

لولا التوادُعُ يا مليحةُ ما

قَبَّلْتُ وجْهَكِ خمسةً نَسَقا

قَبَّلْتُ وجْهَكِ خمسةً نَسَقا

Had it not been for leave-taking, O lovely one, I would not

If not for the farewells, O beautiful one,

have kissed your face five times in succession.

I'd not have kissed your face fifty times over.