أَهَواكمْ جَدَّ مازِحُهُ

أَهَواكمْ جَدَّ مازِحُهُ

والحِمَى لم يَدْنُ نازِحُهُ

والحِمَى لم يَدْنُ نازِحُهُ

Has the jester in your love turned earnest,

Has the jester in love for you grown earnest,

I love you with a passion where jest has turned to earnestness,

while the one far from the sanctuary has not drawn near?

while the sanctuary's far-off wanderer has not drawn near?

Though the sanctuary remains distant, and the exile draws no nearer.

مارَسَتْ منّي العِدَا رَجُلاً

مارَسَتْ منّي العِدَا رَجُلاً

أَسْمَعَ الصماءَ صَائحُهُ

أَسْمَعَ الصماءَ صَائحُهُ

The foes have tested in me a man

In me, my foes have faced a man

The enemies have encountered in me a man

whose cry made even the deaf hear.

whose crier made the deaf rock hear.

Whose shout makes even the deaf hear.

إِنْ زَجَرْتُ الطّيرَ في سَفَري

إِنْ زَجَرْتُ الطّيرَ في سَفَري

عن يمينِي مرَّ سانِحُهُ

عن يمينِي مرَّ سانِحُهُ

If I seek an omen from the birds on my journey,

If I roused the birds for omens on my journey,

If I seek omens from the birds upon my journey,

an auspicious one passes by on my right.

their bird of good omen passed on my right.

The auspicious one passes propitiously on my right.

عجِبَتْ أَسْماءُ من جَلَدِي

عجِبَتْ أَسْماءُ من جَلَدِي

يومَ أَصمى القلبَ جارِحُهُ

يومَ أَصمى القلبَ جارِحُهُ

Asmāʾ marveled at my fortitude

Asma marveled at my fortitude

Asma marveled at my steadfast endurance,

the day the heart’s assailant struck it through.

the day its wounder struck the heart dead.

On the day the wounder pierced the heart.