سَلامُ ذِكرُكِ مُلصَقٌ بِلِساني

سَلامُ ذِكرُكِ مُلصَقٌ بِلِساني

وَعَلى هَواكِ تَعُودُني أَحزانِي

وَعَلى هَواكِ تَعُودُني أَحزانِي

Salam, remembrance of you clings to my tongue,

The mention of you clings to my tongue

And for love of you, my sorrows revisit me.

And for your love my sorrows return

مَا لِي رَأَيتُكِ في المَنامِ مُطيعَةً

مَا لِي رَأَيتُكِ في المَنامِ مُطيعَةً

وَإِذا انتَبَهتُ لَجَجتِ في العِصيانِ

وَإِذا انتَبَهتُ لَجَجتِ في العِصيانِ

Why did I see you yielding in a dream,

Why did I see you obedient in my dream

Yet when I awoke, you persisted in defiance?

Yet when I awoke you were rebellious and defiant

أَبَداً مُحِبُّكِ مُمسِكٌ بِفؤادِهِ

أَبَداً مُحِبُّكِ مُمسِكٌ بِفؤادِهِ

يَخشى اللَجاجَةَ مِنكِ في الهِجرانِ

يَخشى اللَجاجَةَ مِنكِ في الهِجرانِ

Your lover forever clutches his heart,

Your lover forever holds his heart

Fearing your persistence in shunning him.

Fearing your stubbornness in estrangement

إِن كُنتِ عاتِبَةً فَإِنّي مُعتِبٌ

إِن كُنتِ عاتِبَةً فَإِنّي مُعتِبٌ

بَعدَ الإِساءةِ فَاِقبَلي إِحسانِي

بَعدَ الإِساءةِ فَاِقبَلي إِحسانِي

If you are reproachful, I will make amends

If you are blaming then I am blamed

After my wrongdoing; so accept my kindness.

After wrongdoing, accept my favor

لا تَقتُلي رَجُلاً يَراكِ لِما بِهِ

لا تَقتُلي رَجُلاً يَراكِ لِما بِهِ

مِثلَ الشَرابِ لِغُلَّةِ الظَمآنِ

مِثلَ الشَرابِ لِغُلَّةِ الظَمآنِ

Do not kill a man who, in his suffering, sees you

Do not kill a man who sees in you

As a drink for a thirsty man's burning thirst.

Like drink to the thirst of the parched one

وَلَقَد أَقولُ لِقاطِنينَ مِنَ اهلِنا

وَلَقَد أَقولُ لِقاطِنينَ مِنَ اهلِنا

كانا عَلى خُلُقي مِنَ الإِخوانِ

كانا عَلى خُلُقي مِنَ الإِخوانِ

And indeed I say to two dwellers among our people,

And I say to the dwellers among our people

Who were friends of a temperament like mine:

You were of my character, of the brethren

يا صَاحِبيَّ عَلى فُؤادِي جَمرَةٌ

يا صَاحِبيَّ عَلى فُؤادِي جَمرَةٌ

وَبَرى الهَوى جِسمي كَما تَرَيانِ

وَبَرى الهَوى جِسمي كَما تَرَيانِ

O my two companions, an ember lies upon my heart,

Oh my friend, there are embers on my heart

And passion has worn my body away, as you both see.

And the passion has seared my body, as you see

أَمُرَقّيانِ إِلى سَلامَة أَنتُما

أَمُرَقّيانِ إِلى سَلامَة أَنتُما

ما قَد لَقيتُ بِها وَتَحتَسِبانِ

ما قَد لَقيتُ بِها وَتَحتَسِبانِ

Will you two convey to Salama

You two, hasten to safety

What I have suffered through her, and seek a reward for it?

Not what I have faced and you both assume

لا أَستَطيعُ الصَبرَ عَنها إِنَّها

لا أَستَطيعُ الصَبرَ عَنها إِنَّها

مِن مُهجَتي نَزَلَت بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

مِن مُهجَتي نَزَلَت بِكُلِّ مَكانِ

I cannot endure being without her, for she

I cannot be patient from her, she

Has settled in every part of my soul.

Flowed from my entrails to every place