ذَا الَّذِي يا قومِ فَتنِّي

ذَا الَّذِي يا قومِ فَتنِّي

يا تُرَى عَلاشْ عَوَّلْ

يا تُرَى عَلاشْ عَوَّلْ

This is the one, O my people, who has bewitched me.

O people, he who seduced me

I wonder what he has resolved to do.

I wonder, why did he abandon me?

قد ظَهَر عِزُّوا عَليَّا

قد ظَهَر عِزُّوا عَليَّا

وكَذَا مَن حَبْ يَنْذَلْ

وكَذَا مَن حَبْ يَنْذَلْ

His might has prevailed over me.

His glory has now overcome me

And thus whoever loves is humbled.

As did the one who loved to be disgraced

قَدْ فَتَنِّي بجمالوا

قَدْ فَتَنِّي بجمالوا

وقَتَلْنِي بِتَجَنْيِهْ

وقَتَلْنِي بِتَجَنْيِهْ

He has bewitched me with his beauty,

He seduced me with his beauty

And slain me with his cruel treatment.

And killed me with his coyness

وحَجَب عِنِّي وِصَالُوا

وحَجَب عِنِّي وِصَالُوا

وظَهَرْ بالصدِّ والتيهْ

وظَهَرْ بالصدِّ والتيهْ

And withheld his union from me,

He veiled his affection from me

And shown himself aloof and proud.

And was distant and confused

لَمْ تَرَ العيونْ بِحَالُوا

لَمْ تَرَ العيونْ بِحَالُوا

والْقُلُوبْ جملهْ تَهِمْ فِيهْ

والْقُلُوبْ جملهْ تَهِمْ فِيهْ

Eyes have never seen his like,

Eyes did not see his condition

And all hearts are lost in love for him.

And all hearts were obsessed with him

في هَوَاهْ نَخْلَعْ عِذَارِي

في هَوَاهْ نَخْلَعْ عِذَارِي

ونُخَلِّي الأمرَ يَنزِلْ

ونُخَلِّي الأمرَ يَنزِلْ

For love of him I cast off my bridle,

In his love, I discarded my excuse

And I let the decree descend.

And left the matter to unravel

دَعوه يَهجر عِذَارِي

دَعوه يَهجر عِذَارِي

ونُخَلِّي الأمرَ يَنزِلْ

ونُخَلِّي الأمرَ يَنزِلْ

Let him forsake my bridle,

Let him abandon my excuse

And I let the decree descend.

And leave the matter to unravel

دَعُوه يَهجر أو يَصِلْنِي

دَعُوه يَهجر أو يَصِلْنِي

الْمَلِيحْ يَدْرِي ما يَعْمَل

الْمَلِيحْ يَدْرِي ما يَعْمَل

Let him forsake me or unite with me:

Let him abandon me or unite me

The beautiful one knows what he is doing.

The beautiful one knows what he does

ذَا الَّذِي حُسنُوا سَبانِي

ذَا الَّذِي حُسنُوا سَبانِي

جَلَّ أنْ يَحْوِيه فِكْرِي

جَلَّ أنْ يَحْوِيه فِكْرِي

This is the one whose beauty has taken me captive;

The one whose beauty has tempted me

He is too exalted for my thought to encompass him.

Too great for my mind to contain

في هَوَاهْ نَخْلَع عِنانِي

في هَوَاهْ نَخْلَع عِنانِي

ونَهِمْ في حُبُّوا دَهْرِي

ونَهِمْ في حُبُّوا دَهْرِي

For love of him I cast off my reins,

In his love, I unleashed my reins

And wander in love for him all my days.

And obsessed all my life with his love

ثُمَّ نَهْجُر كُلَّ فانِي

ثُمَّ نَهْجُر كُلَّ فانِي

حَتَّى لَسْ يَخْطُرْ بفكري

حَتَّى لَسْ يَخْطُرْ بفكري

Then I forsake all that passes away,

Then I abandoned all that is fleeting

Until it no longer crosses my mind.

Until nothing comes to my mind

ونَغِبْ عَنْ إِخْتِياوِي

ونَغِبْ عَنْ إِخْتِياوِي

حتَّى لَسْ نُوجدَ في محْفَلِ

حتَّى لَسْ نُوجدَ في محْفَلِ

And become oblivious to my own will,

And was absent from my friends

Until I am found in no gathering.

Until I was unseen in any gathering

والَّذِي يَرْكَنْ لِجَاهِل

والَّذِي يَرْكَنْ لِجَاهِل

لَس لَعَمْرِي قَدْروا يَجْهل

لَس لَعَمْرِي قَدْروا يَجْهل

And whoever relies on an ignorant man

As for one who relies on an ignoramus

Is not, by my life, ignorant of his worth.

By God, he does not know his worth

باللهِ اسْمَعُوا كَلاَمي

باللهِ اسْمَعُوا كَلاَمي

وعَسَى تَصْغَوا لِقَوْلِي

وعَسَى تَصْغَوا لِقَوْلِي

By God, listen to my words,

My people, hear my words

And may you give ear to what I say.

And maybe you will heed my saying

ثُمَّ عَدُّوا عَنْ مَلامِي

ثُمَّ عَدُّوا عَنْ مَلامِي

وإِيَّاكَ أن تُحْجَبْ بظلِّي

وإِيَّاكَ أن تُحْجَبْ بظلِّي

Then desist from blaming me,

Then overlook my blame

And beware of being veiled by my shadow.

And do not be veiled by my shadow

المليحْ قَد صارَ إِمامي

المليحْ قَد صارَ إِمامي

وأنا خَلْفُوا نُصَلِّي

وأنا خَلْفُوا نُصَلِّي

The beautiful one has become my imam,

The beautiful one has become my imam

And I pray behind him.

And I pray behind him

كِفْ ما نَجْعَلُوا إِمامِي

كِفْ ما نَجْعَلُوا إِمامِي

إِنْ عَادَ السَّعْدْ يَقْبَلْ

إِنْ عَادَ السَّعْدْ يَقْبَلْ

How could I not make him my imam,

However he makes me his imam

If good fortune draws near again?

If fortune returns to bless me

وإِنْ جَرَتْ عليَّا خُدْعَا

وإِنْ جَرَتْ عليَّا خُدْعَا

لَسْ مَعِي في الحالْ ما نَعْمَل

لَسْ مَعِي في الحالْ ما نَعْمَل

And if a trick should be played on me,

And if betrayals befall me

There is nothing I can do in this state.

I have nothing then that I can do