يا ذا الَّذي في الحُبِّ يَلحى أَما

يا ذا الَّذي في الحُبِّ يَلحى أَما

تَخشى عِقابَ اللَهِ فينا أَما

تَخشى عِقابَ اللَهِ فينا أَما

O you who reproach me for love—do you not

O you who persists in love, do you not

fear God's punishment on our account? Do you not

Fear the punishment of God in us, do you not

تَعلَمُ أَنَّ الحُبَّ داءٌ أَما

تَعلَمُ أَنَّ الحُبَّ داءٌ أَما

وَاللَهِ لَو حُمِّلتَ مِنهُ كَما

وَاللَهِ لَو حُمِّلتَ مِنهُ كَما

know that love is an illness? Indeed,

Know that love is an illness, do you not

by God, had you been burdened with it as

By God, if you were burdened as I

حُمِّلتُ مِن حُبٍّ رَخيمٍ لَما

حُمِّلتُ مِن حُبٍّ رَخيمٍ لَما

لُمتُ عَلى الحُبِّ فَدَعني وَما

لُمتُ عَلى الحُبِّ فَدَعني وَما

I was burdened with tender love, I would not

Was burdened with feeble love, you would not

have reproached anyone for love; so leave me and what

Blame me for love, so leave me be and do not

أَطلُبُ إِنّي لَستُ أَدري بِما

أَطلُبُ إِنّي لَستُ أَدري بِما

قُتِلتُ إِلّا أَنَّني بَينَما

قُتِلتُ إِلّا أَنَّني بَينَما

I seek. Indeed, I do not know by what

Seek what I do not know, except that while

I was slain, except that, while

I was at the door of the palace, taking some

أَنا بِبابِ القَصرِ بي بَعضِ ما

أَنا بِبابِ القَصرِ بي بَعضِ ما

أَطلُبُ مِن قَصرِهِمُ إِذ رَمى

أَطلُبُ مِن قَصرِهِمُ إِذ رَمى

I was at the palace gate, harboring some of what

Of what I seek from their palace, he shot

I seek from their palace, someone shot—

An arrow like a gazelle, and his

شِبهُ غَزالٍ بِسِهامٍ فَما

شِبهُ غَزالٍ بِسِهامٍ فَما

أَخطَأَ سَهماهُ وَلَكِنَّما

أَخطَأَ سَهماهُ وَلَكِنَّما

one like a gazelle—with arrows; so neither

Arrows did not miss, but his

of his two arrows missed; rather,

Eyes were two arrows, whenever

عَيناهُ سَهمانِ لَهُ كُلَّما

عَيناهُ سَهمانِ لَهُ كُلَّما

أَرادَ قَتلي بِهِما سَلَّما

أَرادَ قَتلي بِهِما سَلَّما

his eyes are his two arrows; whenever

He wanted to kill me with them, they gave peace

he wished to slay me with them both, he greeted me.