بِبامخايالِ إِنْ حاوَلْتُما طَلَبي

بِبامخايالِ إِنْ حاوَلْتُما طَلَبي

فَأَنْتُما تَجِداني ثَمَّ مَطْروحا

فَأَنْتُما تَجِداني ثَمَّ مَطْروحا

At Bamkhayal, if you two seek me,

With my imagination if you seek me

then you two will find me lying there.

Then you will find me fallen there

يا صَاحِبيّ هو العُمْرُ الذي جُمِعَتْ

يا صَاحِبيّ هو العُمْرُ الذي جُمِعَتْ

فيهِ المُنى فاغْدُوَا لِلدَّيْرِ أَوْ رُوحا

فيهِ المُنى فاغْدُوَا لِلدَّيْرِ أَوْ رُوحا

O my two companions, it is the monastery where are gathered

My friend this is the life in which

wishes; so go to the monastery in the morning or evening.

Were gathered wishes so off to the monastery go

بَرٌّ وبَحْرُ بِهِ يُهْدي نَسيمُهُما

بَرٌّ وبَحْرُ بِهِ يُهْدي نَسيمُهُما

للرُّوحِ مِسْكاً بِماءِ الوَرْدِ مَنْفوحا

للرُّوحِ مِسْكاً بِماءِ الوَرْدِ مَنْفوحا

Land and sea are there; their breeze offers

Land and sea whose breeze conveys to the soul

the soul musk perfumed with rosewater.

The scent of roses distilled in pure water

يَجُرُّ صَيّادُه الشَّبُّوطَ مُضْطَرِباً

يَجُرُّ صَيّادُه الشَّبُّوطَ مُضْطَرِباً

حَيّاً وقَانِصُهُ اليَعْفُور مَذْبوحا

حَيّاً وقَانِصُهُ اليَعْفُور مَذْبوحا

Its fisherman hauls the carp, writhing,

The fisher drags his net disturbed

alive; and its hunter hauls the young gazelle, slaughtered.

Alive while his prey the hawk lies slaughtered