لَولا الَّذي حُمِّلتُ مِن حُبِّكُم

لَولا الَّذي حُمِّلتُ مِن حُبِّكُم

لَكانَ في إِظهارِهِ مَخرَجُ

لَكانَ في إِظهارِهِ مَخرَجُ

Were it not for the love for you I was made to bear,

Had it not been for the love with which you burdened me,

There would be a way out in revealing it,

There would have been a way out

أَو مَذهَبٌ في الأَرضِ ذو فُسحَةٍ

أَو مَذهَبٌ في الأَرضِ ذو فُسحَةٍ

أَجَل وَمَن حَجَّت لَهُ مَذحجُ

أَجَل وَمَن حَجَّت لَهُ مَذحجُ

Or a spacious path across the earth—

Or an open space on earth into which I could have fled.

Yes, by Him for whom Madhhij made pilgrimage!

By God, he who finds a way out can run away!

لَكِن سَباني مِنكُمُ شادِنٌ

لَكِن سَباني مِنكُمُ شادِنٌ

مُرَبَّبٌ ذو غُنَّةٍ أَدعَجُ

مُرَبَّبٌ ذو غُنَّةٍ أَدعَجُ

But a young gazelle from among you took me captive,

But you have harnessed me with a stubborn camel,

Tenderly reared, with a nasal lilt and large, dark eyes,

A singing camel with a lovely voice,

أَغَرُّ مَمكورٌ هَضيمُ الحَشى

أَغَرُّ مَمكورٌ هَضيمُ الحَشى

قَد ضاقَ عَنهُ الحَجلُ والدُملُجُ

قَد ضاقَ عَنهُ الحَجلُ والدُملُجُ

Bright-faced, full-limbed, slender of waist—

A bold camel with a slit nostril, whose mind is made up,

Indeed, the anklet and armlet have grown too tight for him.

Too bulky for narrow mountain paths and ravines.