أنجدتني في الهوى مذ أنجدُوا

أنجدتني في الهوى مذ أنجدُوا

أدمُعٌ أضحت بشوقي تَشهدُ

أدمُعٌ أضحت بشوقي تَشهدُ

I have been aided in love since they went to Najd,

They brought me succor when passions burned within,

By tears that now bear witness to my longing.

Tears for desire of them are my witness.

خذ حديثي بعد سُكُّان الحِمَى

خذ حديثي بعد سُكُّان الحِمَى

فهُو عن قلبي وَطرفي مُسندَ

فهُو عن قلبي وَطرفي مُسندَ

Take my account, now that the sanctuary’s dwellers have gone;

Hear my words when fever's violence is o'er;

For it is related on the authority of my heart and my eye.

From my heart and eyes they're not dismissed.

يا جفوني بعدهم أين الكَرى

يا جفوني بعدهم أين الكَرى

يا فؤادي أين ذاك الجُلَدُ

يا فؤادي أين ذاك الجُلَدُ

O my eyelids, after their departure, where is sleep?

O my eyes, after them where's caution now?

O my heart, where is that fortitude?

O my heart, where is your fortitude?

فعلوا ما أَوعدوا من هجرهم

فعلوا ما أَوعدوا من هجرهم

ليتهم لو أنجزوا ما وعدوا

ليتهم لو أنجزوا ما وعدوا

They carried out the abandonment they had threatened;

What they promised of estrangement they did;

If only they had fulfilled what they promised!

Would that what they promised they'd conclude!

وبروحي رشأٌ يهتزُّ من

وبروحي رشأٌ يهتزُّ من

قَدَّهِ المائسِ غُصنٌ أَملَدُ

قَدَّهِ المائسِ غُصنٌ أَملَدُ

And with my soul I would ransom a young gazelle: there quivers from

In my soul is a trembling like a bough

His swaying form a supple bough.

Of ply-wood made shaky by the pooling rain.

أبا في شرع الهوى عَبدٌ له

أبا في شرع الهوى عَبدٌ له

وهوَ لي إن كان يرضى سَيِّدُ

وهوَ لي إن كان يرضى سَيِّدُ

I am his slave under love’s law,

My master in love's creed is one its slave,

And he is my master, if he is willing.

And if he's pleased with me then I'm its lord.