أَيا غَزالَ الذَهَبِ

أَيا غَزالَ الذَهَبِ

تَرَكتَني في تَعَبِ

تَرَكتَني في تَعَبِ

O gazelle of gold,

O golden gazelle,

you have left me in torment.

You have left me in distress.

أَلَيسَ هَذا عَجَباً

أَلَيسَ هَذا عَجَباً

بَلى وَفَوقَ العَجَبِ

بَلى وَفَوقَ العَجَبِ

Is this not a wonder?

Is this not a wonder?

Indeed—and beyond all wonder.

Indeed—and more than a wonder.

أَوَّلُ ما جَرَّبتُكُم

أَوَّلُ ما جَرَّبتُكُم

عَرَفتُكُم بِالكَذِبِ

عَرَفتُكُم بِالكَذِبِ

The very first time I put you to the test,

The first time I put you to the test,

I knew you by your lies.

I found you to be liars.

ما لَكُم لَم تَكتُبوا

ما لَكُم لَم تَكتُبوا

جَوابَ تِلكَ الكُتُبِ

جَوابَ تِلكَ الكُتُبِ

What is wrong with you, that you have not written

Why have you not written

an answer to those letters?

A reply to those letters?

قَد شَكَّ فيما جاءَهُ

قَد شَكَّ فيما جاءَهُ

مِنَ الوُشاةِ الكُذَّبِ

مِنَ الوُشاةِ الكُذَّبِ

He has come to doubt what reached him

He has doubted what reached him

from the lying talebearers.

From the lying tale-bearers;

فَنَفسُهُ مَوقوفَةٌ

فَنَفسُهُ مَوقوفَةٌ

بَينَ الرِضا وَالغَضَبِ

بَينَ الرِضا وَالغَضَبِ

So his soul is held suspended

So his soul hangs suspended

between contentment and anger.

Between contentment and anger.

يوشِكُ أَن يَقتُلَني ال

يوشِكُ أَن يَقتُلَني ال

حُبُّ وَلا يُشعَرُ بي

حُبُّ وَلا يُشعَرُ بي

It is about to kill me—

I am about to be killed by

love—while no one is even aware of me.

Love, and no notice is taken of me.