حبذا طيف سليمى إذ طوى

حبذا طيف سليمى إذ طوى

حذر الواشي السرى من ذي طوى

حذر الواشي السرى من ذي طوى

How welcome Sulayma's phantom, when it traversed

How pleasant was her graceful shadow when it bent low,

the night journey from Dhu Tuwa, fearing the talebearer.

As the cautious whisperer was wary of one with a twist,

وأبى الحي طروقا وهم

وأبى الحي طروقا وهم

بين أجراع زرود ذا اللوى

بين أجراع زرود ذا اللوى

And the tribe refused a night visit—while they dwelt

While the alive refused fatigue and worries -

amid Zarud's sandy flats—to one tormented by love.

Among the drinking horns of the curved one, the possessor of bending.

بت اسكو ما الاقيه إلى

بت اسكو ما الاقيه إلى

طيفها الطارق من مس الجوى

طيفها الطارق من مس الجوى

I spent the night complaining of my suffering to

I stayed up - what I find is but

her night-visiting phantom—the searing touch of love.

Her shadow that glides from touching the weather.

اشكر الاحلام لما جمعت

اشكر الاحلام لما جمعت

بيننا وهنا على رغم النوى

بيننا وهنا على رغم النوى

I thank dreams for bringing

I thank dreams for what they gathered

us together late at night, despite separation.

Between us and here despite intentions.

ايها العادل دعني والهوى

ايها العادل دعني والهوى

ليس مشغول وخالٍ بالسواى

ليس مشغول وخالٍ بالسواى

O reproacher, leave me to love;

O you just one, leave me and passion -

one absorbed in love and one free of it are not alike.

It is not busy or empty with anything else.