لي في بوادي الرقمتين غزال

لي في بوادي الرقمتين غزال

هجمت عليّ لاجله العذال

هجمت عليّ لاجله العذال

Mine is a gazelle in the wilds of al-Raqmatayn.

I have in the valleys of the two live coals a gazelle

For his sake, the reproachers assailed me.

Who assaulted me for whose sake tribulations attacked me

وفنيت اذ نار تأج باضلعي

وفنيت اذ نار تأج باضلعي

والعين يدفق دمعها السيال

والعين يدفق دمعها السيال

And I was consumed as fire blazed within my ribs,

And I was ruined when the fire kindled in my ribs

And the eye's streaming tears gush forth.

And the teardrops flowed copiously from my eyes

والبعد مزق مهجتي بنصاله

والبعد مزق مهجتي بنصاله

يا ما يسل من البعاد نصال

يا ما يسل من البعاد نصال

And separation tore my heart with its blades;

And the distance tore my inner parts with its arrows

Oh, how many blades are unsheathed by separation!

Oh, how many arrows loosened from distance pierce

واشد من هذا واثقل وطأة

واشد من هذا واثقل وطأة

قلب به تتلاعب الآمال

قلب به تتلاعب الآمال

And harsher than this, and heavier in its tread,

And harder than this and heavier in weight

Is a heart with which hopes toy.

A heart in which hopes play

زعم اللقاء وراح يرقب وقته

زعم اللقاء وراح يرقب وقته

ولها ويمزج بالزعوم محال

ولها ويمزج بالزعوم محال

It imagined a meeting and began to await its time,

Claiming the meeting and going observing its time

Distraught with love, while impossibility mingles with its suppositions.

While for it and mixing with claims absurdities

اغزال وادي الرقمتين وانت قد

اغزال وادي الرقمتين وانت قد

غشاك من لطف الجمال جلال

غشاك من لطف الجمال جلال

O gazelle of the valley of al-Raqmatayn, you have indeed

Oh gazelles of the valley of the two live coals while you

Been clothed in majesty by beauty's delicate grace.

Are covered in the splendor of beauty and glory

رفقا بمحروق الفؤاد موله

رفقا بمحروق الفؤاد موله

قد اقعدته من النوى الاثقال

قد اقعدته من النوى الاثقال

Be gentle with one whose heart is scorched, distraught with love;

Be gentle with the scorched heart its inclination

The burdens of separation have laid him low.

Has made it sit from the heavy wishes

هزته بالوجد الملح اليك من

هزته بالوجد الملح اليك من

اجزائه الاطوار والاحوال

اجزائه الاطوار والاحوال

With insistent yearning for you, he was shaken from

You have shaken it with intense passion for you from

Within his limbs by their changing phases and states.

Its parts diverse states and conditions

فمتى ذكرت كأن ارض فؤاده

فمتى ذكرت كأن ارض فؤاده

للشوق يرجف كلها زلزال

للشوق يرجف كلها زلزال

Whenever you are mentioned, it is as though the earth of his heart

So whenever you are remembered it is as if the earth of his heart

Is shaken throughout by an earthquake of longing.

Quivers all of it with yearning like an earthquake

يبكي الطلول لاجل وجهك مغرما

يبكي الطلول لاجل وجهك مغرما

ولأهلها قد تندب الاطلال

ولأهلها قد تندب الاطلال

He weeps over the ruins for your face's sake, enamored;

The young ones cry for your face enamored

And ruins are indeed mourned for those who dwelt there.

And for its people the abandoned ruins lament

ولرب برق بالغوير اثارني

ولرب برق بالغوير اثارني

لذوي الحمى ولكل حال حال

لذوي الحمى ولكل حال حال

And many a flash of lightning at al-Ghuwayr has stirred me

And perhaps lightning in Ghuwayr aroused me

To yearn for the people of the sanctuary; each state has its own state:

For the feverish and for every state is a state

شوق يلح وزفرة لا تنطفي

شوق يلح وزفرة لا تنطفي

وصبابة ضربت بها الامثال

وصبابة ضربت بها الامثال

Relentless longing, and a sigh that never dies out,

Yearning insists and sigh never extinguished

And passionate love that has become proverbial.

And smoldering which has hit the proverbs

لم يبق لي عضو ولم يمزج به

لم يبق لي عضو ولم يمزج به

وله عليك تغز منه نبال

وله عليك تغز منه نبال

Not a limb of mine remains that is not steeped in

There did not remain for me a limb and mixed with it

Yearning for you, whose arrows pierce.

Is for you arrows that pierce from it

حاولتني واحتلت رأيك قطعتي

حاولتني واحتلت رأيك قطعتي

ولقد يضل برأيه المحتال

ولقد يضل برأيه المحتال

You tried to outwit me and schemed; your plan was to cut me off.

You have tried me and your opinion has conquered me

And the schemer may indeed go astray through his own judgment.

He who is misguided by his opinion errs

خذ ما بدا لك من زعومك واحتكم

خذ ما بدا لك من زعومك واحتكم

او ليس هذي الحادثات ظلال

او ليس هذي الحادثات ظلال

Take whichever of your suppositions you please, and pass judgment;

Take what appears to you of your delusions and judge

And are these happenings not shadows?

Or are not these occurrences mere shadows