عَلاقَةٌ بِفؤادي أَعقَبَت كَمَدا

عَلاقَةٌ بِفؤادي أَعقَبَت كَمَدا

لِنَظرَةٍ بمِنىً أَرسَلتُها عَرَضا

لِنَظرَةٍ بمِنىً أَرسَلتُها عَرَضا

A passion in my heart has brought me sorrow

A relationship with my heart ensued, after

from a glance I cast by chance at Mina.

A glance I sent her way casually,

وَللحَجيجِ ضَجيجٌ في جوانِبِهِ

وَللحَجيجِ ضَجيجٌ في جوانِبِهِ

يَقضونَ ما أَوجَبَ الرَّحمَنُ واِفتَرَضا

يَقضونَ ما أَوجَبَ الرَّحمَنُ واِفتَرَضا

And the pilgrims' clamor rang through its precincts,

And the pilgrims make clamor around it

as they fulfilled what the All-Merciful required and ordained.

Fulfilling what the Merciful ordained obligatory,

فاِستَنفَضَ القَلبَ رُعباً ما جَنى نَظَري

فاِستَنفَضَ القَلبَ رُعباً ما جَنى نَظَري

كالصَّقرِ نَدَّاهُ طَلُّ اللَيلِ فاِنتَفَضا

كالصَّقرِ نَدَّاهُ طَلُّ اللَيلِ فاِنتَفَضا

Then what my gaze had wrought shook my heart with terror,

So my heart shuddered with fright at what my sight attained

like a falcon that, dampened by the night's dew, shook itself.

Like an eagle stirred by the night falling suddenly,

وَقَد رَمَتني غَداةَ الخَيفِ غانيَةٌ

وَقَد رَمَتني غَداةَ الخَيفِ غانيَةٌ

بِناظِرٍ إِن رَمى لَم تُخطىءِ الغَرَضا

بِناظِرٍ إِن رَمى لَم تُخطىءِ الغَرَضا

And a beauty had shot me one morning at al-Khayf,

And in the morn of fright, a singing girl assailed me

with an eye that never misses the mark when it shoots.

With a gaze, that if cast, does not miss its mark, surely,

لَمّا رأى صاحبي ما بي بَكى جَزعاً

لَمّا رأى صاحبي ما بي بَكى جَزعاً

وَلَم يَجِد بِمنىً عَن خُلَّتي عِوَضا

وَلَم يَجِد بِمنىً عَن خُلَّتي عِوَضا

When my companion saw my plight, he wept in anguish,

When my friend saw my state, he wept profusely,

and at Mina found no substitute for my companionship.

Finding no substitute for my seclusion, verily,

وَقالَ رُحْ يا أَخا فِهْرٍ فَقُلتُ لَهُ

وَقالَ رُحْ يا أَخا فِهْرٍ فَقُلتُ لَهُ

يا سَعدُ أَودَعَ جِسمي طَرفُها مَرَضا

يا سَعدُ أَودَعَ جِسمي طَرفُها مَرَضا

And he said, "Go, brother of Fihr," and I told him,

And said: “Go, O brother full of passion,” so I said:

"O Sa'd, her glance has lodged an illness in my body."

“Her glance made my body sick, O Saad,” assuredly,

فَبِتُّ أَشكو هَواها وَهوَ مرتَفِقٌ

فَبِتُّ أَشكو هَواها وَهوَ مرتَفِقٌ

يَشوقُهُ البَرقُ نَجديّاً إِذا وَمَضا

يَشوقُهُ البَرقُ نَجديّاً إِذا وَمَضا

So I spent the night lamenting my love for her, while he leaned on his elbow;

I spend the night complaining of her love, and he listening

lightning from Najd stirred his longing whenever it flashed.

Longingly to the Najdi lightning when it flashes speedily,

تَبدو لَوامِعُهُ كالسَّيفِ مُختَضِباً

تَبدو لَوامِعُهُ كالسَّيفِ مُختَضِباً

شَباهُ بالدَمِّ أَو كالعِرقِ إِذ نَبَضا

شَباهُ بالدَمِّ أَو كالعِرقِ إِذ نَبَضا

Its gleams appeared like a sword stained

Its lights appear like a blood-stained sword,

along its edge with blood, or like a vein as it pulsed.

Resembling blood, or sweat when pulsing rapidly,

وَيَمتَري دَمعَهُ ذِكرى أُصَيْبِيَةٍ

وَيَمتَري دَمعَهُ ذِكرى أُصَيْبِيَةٍ

إِذا اِستَمَرَّت بِهِ ذِكراهُمُ نَهَضا

إِذا اِستَمَرَّت بِهِ ذِكراهُمُ نَهَضا

And the memory of little boys drew forth his tears;

And he sheds tears remembering the calamity,

when the memory of them stayed with him, he rose.

When the memories persist, rising up angrily,

وَلَم يُطِقْ ما يُعانيهِ فَغادَرَني

وَلَم يُطِقْ ما يُعانيهِ فَغادَرَني

بَينَ النَّقا وَالمُصَلَّى عِندَها وَمَضى

بَينَ النَّقا وَالمُصَلَّى عِندَها وَمَضى

And he could not bear what he was suffering, so he left me

Unable to bear the suffering, he left me

between the sand ridge and the prayer ground, beside her, and departed.

Between the grove and the mosque, and went forth promptly.