عَجيب أَنتَ يا قَلبي فَكَم ذا

عَجيب أَنتَ يا قَلبي فَكَم ذا

يَهيب بِكَ الجَماك وَتَستَجيب

يَهيب بِكَ الجَماك وَتَستَجيب

Strange you are, my heart, for how often

Strange is my heart, for how much does

Beauty calls to you, and you respond.

The beautiful one call it, and it responds

يَظَل بِكَ الهَوى فَرَحاً وَتَبكي

يَظَل بِكَ الهَوى فَرَحاً وَتَبكي

فَتَشرب مِن مَدامعك القُلوب

فَتَشرب مِن مَدامعك القُلوب

Love remains joyful in you, yet you weep,

Love remains in it happily, and it weeps

So hearts drink from the springs of your tears.

So it drinks from its tears the hearts

تَرود بِكَ الصَبابة كُل يَوم

تَرود بِكَ الصَبابة كُل يَوم

مجاهل كل آهلها غَريب

مجاهل كل آهلها غَريب

Yearning takes you roaming every day

It roams with youth everyday

Through wildernesses where every dweller is a stranger.

Unaware, while its people are strangers

وَجَنَ بِكَ الهَوى فَهُنا غَرير

وَجَنَ بِكَ الهَوى فَهُنا غَرير

عَلقت بِهِ وَمِن هُنّا حَبيب

عَلقت بِهِ وَمِن هُنّا حَبيب

And love has gone mad with you: here, a guileless youth

And it fell in love here, so it is murmuring

You have fallen for; and over here, a beloved.

I held on to it, and from here is the beloved

وَتِلكَ وَفي مَعاصمها سِوار

وَتِلكَ وَفي مَعاصمها سِوار

وَذاكَ في تَرائِبِهِ صَليب

وَذاكَ في تَرائِبِهِ صَليب

And that woman, with a bracelet on her wrists,

And that one has bracelets on her wrists

And that man, with a cross upon his breast.

And the other has a cross on his neck

يَرف عَلَيهِ مِن بَظَر وَنَعمى

يَرف عَلَيهِ مِن بَظَر وَنَعمى

مَعالم كُلَها أَرَج وَطيب

مَعالم كُلَها أَرَج وَطيب

Over him flutter, born of exuberance and bliss,

Youthfulness and bliss pour over him

Signs, all fragrance and perfume.

All its features pleasant and good

وَفي عَينيهِ مُستَذرى وَمَأوى

وَفي عَينيهِ مُستَذرى وَمَأوى

لِروحي وَهِيَ هائِمَة حَريب

لِروحي وَهِيَ هائِمَة حَريب

And in his eyes are shelter and refuge

And in his eyes a refuge and shelter

For my soul, wandering in love and bereft.

For my wandering, confused soul

أَصد بِفعل سِحرَهما اللَيالي

أَصد بِفعل سِحرَهما اللَيالي

فَيَمنَع جانِبي السحر الرَهيب

فَيَمنَع جانِبي السحر الرَهيب

I ward off the nights through the power of their spell,

I block with their magic the nights

So the awe-inspiring magic shields my side.

So the terrible magic prevents my side

وَبَينَ يَديهِ يَنبوع وَعِندي

وَبَينَ يَديهِ يَنبوع وَعِندي

كُؤوس هَوى وَفي شَفَتَيهِ كُوب

كُؤوس هَوى وَفي شَفَتَيهِ كُوب

And between his hands is a spring, while I have

And in front of him a spring, and I have

Goblets of passion, and on his lips a cup.

Cups of love, and on his lips a kiss

تَفرعني الهَوى فَلِكُل عَين

تَفرعني الهَوى فَلِكُل عَين

تَمُر عَلَيّ في الدُنيا نَصيب

تَمُر عَلَيّ في الدُنيا نَصيب

Love has overmastered me, so every eye

Love has branched me, so for every eye

That passes over me in this world has a share.

That passes me in life there is a share