إِنّي عَلِقتُ الأَحمَدَينِ كِلَيهِما

إِنّي عَلِقتُ الأَحمَدَينِ كِلَيهِما

كَيما يَكونُ هَوى الفُؤادِ هَواهُما

كَيما يَكونُ هَوى الفُؤادِ هَواهُما

Indeed, I have fallen in love with both Ahmads,

I have fixated on the two Ahmads, both of them,

I have bound my heart to the two Ahmads, both of them, that my soul’s desire might be for them alone.

So that my heart's love may be for them both.

So that the passion of my heart becomes their passion.

Two companions clothed in every kind of blame, though their parents raised them in the lap of grace.

تِربانِ قَد كُسِيا المَلامَةَ كُلَّها

تِربانِ قَد كُسِيا المَلامَةَ كُلَّها

وَغَذاهُما في نِعمَةٍ أَبَواهُما

وَغَذاهُما في نِعمَةٍ أَبَواهُما

Two age-mates, clothed in all reproach,

Two fledglings who were clothed fully in blamelessness

Two moons—nay, two suns—amidst the clouds; they are my passion among all people; only them, only them.

And their two fathers nourished them in comfort.

And nurtured in bounty by their fathers.

It is they whom, if I were told "Make your wish," I would choose over all wide-eyed gazelles.

قَمَرانِ بَل شَمسانِ بَينَ غَمامَةٍ

قَمَرانِ بَل شَمسانِ بَينَ غَمامَةٍ

فَهُما هَوايَ مِنَ الأَنامِ هُما هُما

فَهُما هَوايَ مِنَ الأَنامِ هُما هُما

Two moons—rather, two suns amid a cloud;

Two moons, nay two suns amidst clouds,

So upon all the beautiful ones of creation, I bid peace until death—except for those two.

So they are my love among humankind—they, they.

They are my passion among all people, they are they.

وَهُما اللَذانِ إِذا يُقالُ تَمَنَّ لي

وَهُما اللَذانِ إِذا يُقالُ تَمَنَّ لي

لَم أَعدُ مِن حورِ الظِباءِ سِواهُما

لَم أَعدُ مِن حورِ الظِباءِ سِواهُما

And they are the two: when I am told, 'Make a wish for me,'

They are the two for whom, when it is said "wish for me",

I look no further than them among the dark-eyed gazelles.

I desire no gazelles of the wild but them.

فَعَلى المِلاحِ مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ كُلِّهِم

فَعَلى المِلاحِ مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ كُلِّهِم

مِنّي السَلامُ إِلى المَماتِ عَداهُما

مِنّي السَلامُ إِلى المَماتِ عَداهُما

So to all the fair among creation,

So from me is greetings to all the nomads

From me, farewell until death—except those two.

Except for them two, until death comes to me.