هَلّا رَثَيتِ لِمُستَهامٍ مُغرَمِ

هَلّا رَثَيتِ لِمُستَهامٍ مُغرَمِ

أَعَلِمتِ مايَلقاهُ أَم لَم تَعلَمي

أَعَلِمتِ مايَلقاهُ أَم لَم تَعلَمي

Will you not pity a lovesick, enamored man?

Will you not eulogize a passionate lover

Do you know what he endures, or do you not know?

Did you know what he will encounter or did you not know?

وَلَئِن غَدَوتِ مِنَ الهُمومِ سَليمَةً

وَلَئِن غَدَوتِ مِنَ الهُمومِ سَليمَةً

فَلَقَد عَلِمتِ بِأَنَّني لَم أَسلِمِ

فَلَقَد عَلِمتِ بِأَنَّني لَم أَسلِمِ

And though you have escaped unharmed from cares,

And if you have been free from worries in the morning

you surely know that I have not escaped unharmed.

You certainly knew that I have not been safe

وَلَئِن أَطَعتِ العاذِلاتِ فَإِنَّني

وَلَئِن أَطَعتِ العاذِلاتِ فَإِنَّني

خالَفتُ قَولَ عَواذِلي وَاللُوَّمِ

خالَفتُ قَولَ عَواذِلي وَاللُوَّمِ

And though you have obeyed the women who reproach you, I

And if you obeyed the blamers, I

have defied the words of my reproachers and fault-finders.

Have opposed the words of my blamers and faultfinders

وَإِذا مَرَرتَ عَلى الدِيارِ غُدَيَّةً

وَإِذا مَرَرتَ عَلى الدِيارِ غُدَيَّةً

إِقرا السَلامَ عَلى دِيارِ الهَيثَمِ

إِقرا السَلامَ عَلى دِيارِ الهَيثَمِ

And when you pass by the dwellings early in the morning,

And when you pass by the dwellings in the morning

convey greetings of peace to the dwellings of al-Haytham.

Say hello, greet the dwellings of Haytham

غَرّاءُ تَبسِمُ عَن صَباحٍ طالِعٍ

غَرّاءُ تَبسِمُ عَن صَباحٍ طالِعٍ

مِن ثَغرِها في جَنحِ لَيلٍ مُظلِمِ

مِن ثَغرِها في جَنحِ لَيلٍ مُظلِمِ

A radiant beauty smiles, revealing a rising dawn

A fawn smiles from a rising morn

from her mouth, in the midst of a dark night.

From her mouth in the wing of a dark night

تَجلو الظَلامَ بِمَبسَمٍ يَجلو الدُجى

تَجلو الظَلامَ بِمَبسَمٍ يَجلو الدُجى

بِأَبي وَأُمّي طيبُ ذاكَ المَبسَمِ

بِأَبي وَأُمّي طيبُ ذاكَ المَبسَمِ

She dispels darkness with a smiling mouth that dispels the gloom.

She dispels the darkness with a smile that dispels gloom

My father and mother be a ransom for the sweetness of that smiling mouth!

By my father and mother, that smile is graceful

كَم لَيلَةٍ شَهباءَ إِذ بَرَزَت لَنا

كَم لَيلَةٍ شَهباءَ إِذ بَرَزَت لَنا

كانَت كَيَومٍ إِذ تَوَلَّت أَدهَمِ

كانَت كَيَومٍ إِذ تَوَلَّت أَدهَمِ

How many a night, pale when she appeared before us,

How many starry nights when she appeared to us

was like a black day when she turned away.

Were like the day when she turned away from Adham

كَتَمَت هَوايَ وَقابَلَتهُ بِهَجرَةٍ

كَتَمَت هَوايَ وَقابَلَتهُ بِهَجرَةٍ

سَيّانِ إِن كَتَمَت وَإِن لَم تَكتُمِ

سَيّانِ إِن كَتَمَت وَإِن لَم تَكتُمِ

She concealed my love and answered it with estrangement;

She concealed my love and met it with estrangement

it is all the same whether she concealed it or did not.

It's all the same whether she concealed or did not conceal