فَتَكْتَ فَلا تَأْخُذَنَّ مَنْ فَتَكْ

فَتَكْتَ فَلا تَأْخُذَنَّ مَنْ فَتَكْ

بما أَخَذَ الجَهْلُ أَوْ ما تَرَكْ

بما أَخَذَ الجَهْلُ أَوْ ما تَرَكْ

You have acted recklessly; never hold one who has acted recklessly to account

You broke my heart, so do not take from those you've broken

for what folly has taken or what it has left.

What ignorance has taken or left behind

أَدِرْها أَلَسْتَ تَرى الدَّيْرَ في

أَدِرْها أَلَسْتَ تَرى الدَّيْرَ في

بَدائِعَ من حُلَلٍ لَمْ تُحَكْ

بَدائِعَ من حُلَلٍ لَمْ تُحَكْ

Pass it round—do you not see the monastery in

Know this - do you not see the monastery in

wondrous robes that were never woven?

Masterpieces of fabrics never woven

وبَيْنَ البُكُورِ وبَيْنَ الغُروبِ

وبَيْنَ البُكُورِ وبَيْنَ الغُروبِ

وبَيْنَ الرِّياضِ وبَيْنَ البِرَكْ

وبَيْنَ الرِّياضِ وبَيْنَ البِرَكْ

And between early morning and sunset,

Between the early dawn and sunset

and between the gardens and the pools,

Between gardens and pools

غِناءٌ تُشَدُّ إِلَيْهِ الرِّحالُ

غِناءٌ تُشَدُّ إِلَيْهِ الرِّحالُ

بِلَحْنٍ تُحَلُّ عَلَيْهِ التِّكَكْ

بِلَحْنٍ تُحَلُّ عَلَيْهِ التِّكَكْ

there is singing for which saddles are strapped on,

A song to which journeys are bound

with a melody at which trouser-drawstrings are undone.

In a melody on which gold coins dance