إِعتادَني بَعدَ سُلوَةٍ حَزَني

إِعتادَني بَعدَ سُلوَةٍ حَزَني

طَيفُ حَبيبٍ سَرى فَأَرَّقَني

طَيفُ حَبيبٍ سَرى فَأَرَّقَني

My grief returned to haunt me after a spell of solace;

My sorrow returned after a spell of solace.

a beloved’s phantom passed by at night and kept me awake—

A beloved's phantom came by night and kept me awake—

مِن ظَبيَةٍ بِالعَقيقِ ساكِنَةٍ

مِن ظَبيَةٍ بِالعَقيقِ ساكِنَةٍ

قَد شَفَّني حُبُّها وَعَذَّبَني

قَد شَفَّني حُبُّها وَعَذَّبَني

the phantom of a gazelle dwelling in al-ʿAqīq,

from a gazelle dwelling in al-Aqiq.

whose love has wasted and tormented me.

Her love has worn me thin and tormented me.

وَهيَ لَنا بِالوِصالِ طَيِّبَةُ ال

وَهيَ لَنا بِالوِصالِ طَيِّبَةُ ال

نَفسِ وَرَبّي بِها قَدِ اِغرَمَني

نَفسِ وَرَبّي بِها قَدِ اِغرَمَني

And when joined with me, she is sweet of—

And she welcomes union with us with a willing

spirit; my Lord has indeed made me enamored of her.

heart; and my Lord has made me enamored of her.

شَطَّت دِيارُ الحَبيبِ فَاِغتَرَبَت

شَطَّت دِيارُ الحَبيبِ فَاِغتَرَبَت

هَيهاتَ شَعبُ الحَبيبِ مِن وَطَني

هَيهاتَ شَعبُ الحَبيبِ مِن وَطَني

The beloved’s dwellings have receded far and grown remote;

The beloved's dwellings have grown distant and remote.

how far the beloved’s people are from my homeland!

How far the beloved's valley lies from my homeland!

عُلِّقتُها شِقوَةً وَبانَ بِها

عُلِّقتُها شِقوَةً وَبانَ بِها

عَنّي مَليكٌ فَأَصبَحَت شَجَني

عَنّي مَليكٌ فَأَصبَحَت شَجَني

I became bound to her—to my sorrow—and a king

I fell in love with her, to my misery; she was taken

bore her away from me; thus she became my anguish.

away from me by a king, and became my sorrow.

فَلَيتَها في الحَياةِ تَتبَعُني

فَلَيتَها في الحَياةِ تَتبَعُني

وَعِندَ مَوتي يَضُمُّها كَفَني

وَعِندَ مَوتي يَضُمُّها كَفَني

If only she would follow me through life,

So if only she would follow me through life,

and at my death my shroud might enfold her.

and at my death my shroud might enfold her.

يا نَظرَةً ما نَظَرتُ موجِعَةً

يا نَظرَةً ما نَظَرتُ موجِعَةً

لَم أَرَها بَعدَها وَلَم تَرَني

لَم أَرَها بَعدَها وَلَم تَرَني

O glance—never did I cast one more agonizing:

Oh, what a painful glance I cast!

I never saw her after it, nor did she see me.

I never saw her afterward, nor did she see me.