أَهاجَكَ رَبعٌ عَفا مُخلِقُ

أَهاجَكَ رَبعٌ عَفا مُخلِقُ

نَعَم فَفُؤادُكَ مثستَغلِقُ

نَعَم فَفُؤادُكَ مثستَغلِقُ

Has a faded, weatherworn campsite stirred you?

A breeze stirred up a quarter that was gentle and benign

Yes—your heart is locked fast,

Yes, so your heart is tightly shut

لِذِكرِكَ مَن قَد نَأَت دارُهُ

لِذِكرِكَ مَن قَد نَأَت دارُهُ

وَقَلبُكَ في إِثرِهِ مُوثَقُ

وَقَلبُكَ في إِثرِهِ مُوثَقُ

Because you remember one whose dwelling lies far away,

For the one who's home is far away, you recall

And your heart is bound fast in their wake.

And your heart is tied to their remembrance

يُذَكِّرُني الدَهرَ ما قَد مَضى

يُذَكِّرُني الدَهرَ ما قَد مَضى

مِنَ العَيشِ فَالعَينُ تَغرَورِقُ

مِنَ العَيشِ فَالعَينُ تَغرَورِقُ

It ever reminds me of what has passed

Time reminds me of times gone by

Of life, and my eye brims with tears.

Of a life once lived, and so tears well up in my eyes

لَياليَ أَهلي وَأَهلُ الَّتي

لَياليَ أَهلي وَأَهلُ الَّتي

دُمُوعي لِذِكرَتِها تَسبِقُ

دُمُوعي لِذِكرَتِها تَسبِقُ

The nights when my kin and the kin of the woman

Nights with my family and with her family

At whose memory my tears rush forth

My tears precede in remembrance of them

خَلِيطانِ مَحضَرُنا وَاحِدٌ

خَلِيطانِ مَحضَرُنا وَاحِدٌ

وَحَبلُ المَوَدَّةِ لا يَخلُقُ

وَحَبلُ المَوَدَّةِ لا يَخلُقُ

Were two mingled groups, our gathering-place one,

Our dwelling place is one and the same

And the cord of affection did not wear out.

And the rope of affection does not wear out

لَنا وَلهندٍ بِبَطنِ العَقي

لَنا وَلهندٍ بِبَطنِ العَقي

قِ مُبدىً وَمَنزِلُهُ مُونِقُ

قِ مُبدىً وَمَنزِلُهُ مُونِقُ

For us and for Hind, in the valley-bed of al-ʿAqīq,

For us and for Hind is the place at the ridge of Al-'Aqiq

Was an open-country camp, its site delightful.

An abode and dwelling serene

فَإِن يَكُ ذاكَ الزَمانُ اِنقَضى

فَإِن يَكُ ذاكَ الزَمانُ اِنقَضى

وَحَبلُكَ مِن حَبلِها مُطلَقُ

وَحَبلُكَ مِن حَبلِها مُطلَقُ

So if that time has come to an end,

If that time has passed away

And your cord is loosed from hers,

And your rope from hers comes untied

فَقَد عِشتُ فِيما مَضى خِدنَها

فَقَد عِشتُ فِيما مَضى خِدنَها

لَيالي الوِصالُ بِها يَعنقُ

لَيالي الوِصالُ بِها يَعنقُ

Yet I lived in days gone by as her intimate companion,

Then I have lived, in times gone by, her intimacy

On nights when union sped apace.

Nights of union with her I embrace