ياذا الَّذي في الحُبِ يَلحى أَما

ياذا الَّذي في الحُبِ يَلحى أَما

وَاللَهِ لَو حَمَلتَ مِنهُ كَما

وَاللَهِ لَو حَمَلتَ مِنهُ كَما

O you who reproach me for love—indeed,

O you who suffers from love, don't you know

by God, if you had borne of it as

By God, if you endured what I endured from tender love, you wouldn't

حَمَلتُ مِن حُبٍّ رَخيمٍ لَمّا

حَمَلتُ مِن حُبٍّ رَخيمٍ لَمّا

لُمتُ عَلى الحُبِّ فَدَعني وَما

لُمتُ عَلى الحُبِّ فَدَعني وَما

I have borne of tender love, I would not

Blame me for love, so leave me be, for I

have reproached you for love; so leave me and what

Don't know what I loved, except that one day

أَطلُبُ إِنّي لَستُ أَدري بِما

أَطلُبُ إِنّي لَستُ أَدري بِما

أَحبَبتُ إِلّا أَنَّني بَينَما

أَحبَبتُ إِلّا أَنَّني بَينَما

I seek. I do not know why

While at the palace gate begging alms one time

I fell in love, except that, while

As I asked from them, he threw

أَنا بِبابِ القَصرِ في بَعضِ ما

أَنا بِبابِ القَصرِ في بَعضِ ما

أَطلُبُ مِن قَصرِهِم إِذ رَمى

أَطلُبُ مِن قَصرِهِم إِذ رَمى

I was at the palace gate, for some of what

Like a young gazelle with arrows, but he

I sought from their palace, when someone shot—

Did not miss with his arrows. Rather his

شِبهُ غَزالٍ بِسِهامٍ فَما

شِبهُ غَزالٍ بِسِهامٍ فَما

أَخطَأَ سَهماهُ وَلَكِنَّما

أَخطَأَ سَهماهُ وَلَكِنَّما

one like a gazelle—with arrows; so neither

Eyes were two arrows for him, and whenever

of his two arrows missed. Yet

He wanted to kill me with them, I surrendered

عَيناهُ سَهمانِ لَهُ كُلَّما

عَيناهُ سَهمانِ لَهُ كُلَّما

أَرادَ قَتلي بِهِما سَلَّما

أَرادَ قَتلي بِهِما سَلَّما

his eyes were his two arrows: whenever

he wished to slay me with them, he greeted me.