بِمَنْ أَباحَكَ قَتْلِي

بِمَنْ أَباحَكَ قَتْلِي

عَلامَ حَرَّمْتَ وَصْلي

عَلامَ حَرَّمْتَ وَصْلي

By the one who allowed you to kill me,

By whose permission have you allowed my murder

why have you forbidden union with me?

Why have you forbidden our union

فَكَيْفَ أَقْوَى لِهَجْرٍ

فَكَيْفَ أَقْوَى لِهَجْرٍ

وَكَيْفَ أُصْغِي لِعَذْلِ

وَكَيْفَ أُصْغِي لِعَذْلِ

How, then, can I bear estrangement,

So how can I withstand estrangement

and how can I listen to reproach?

And how can I listen to blame

أَنَا لَكَ المُتَمنِّي

أَنَا لَكَ المُتَمنِّي

وَغَيْرِيَ المُتَمَلِّي

وَغَيْرِيَ المُتَمَلِّي

I am the one who yearns for you,

I am yours, longing

while another enjoys his fill.

While others merely covet

يَا أَكْرَمَ النَّاسِ عِنْدِي

يَا أَكْرَمَ النَّاسِ عِنْدِي

قَدْ لَذِّ لِي فِيكَ ذُلِّي

قَدْ لَذِّ لِي فِيكَ ذُلِّي

O noblest of people in my eyes,

O most generous to me

my abasement for your sake has indeed grown sweet to me.

I have relished being humbled by you

مَلَكْتَ يا نُورَ عَيْني

مَلَكْتَ يا نُورَ عَيْني

قَلْبي وَلُبِّي وكُلِّي

قَلْبي وَلُبِّي وكُلِّي

You have taken possession, O light of my eye,

You have conquered, O light of my eye

of my heart, my mind, and all of me.

My heart, my mind, my all

يا نافِراً مُتَجَنٍّ

يا نافِراً مُتَجَنٍّ

كُنْ سَافِراً مُتَجَلّي

كُنْ سَافِراً مُتَجَلّي

O aloof and unjust one,

O you who flee, disgusted

be unveiled and show yourself.

Be a traveling vision to me

يا أَحْسَن النّاس طُرّاً

يا أَحْسَن النّاس طُرّاً

فِي حُسْنِ خُلْقٍ وَشَكْلِ

فِي حُسْنِ خُلْقٍ وَشَكْلِ

O fairest of all people,

O best of people in manner

in beauty of character and form,

In good character and looks

في كُلّ نَوْعٍ وَجِنْسٍ

في كُلّ نَوْعٍ وَجِنْسٍ

مِنَ الجَمَالِ وَفَضْلِ

مِنَ الجَمَالِ وَفَضْلِ

in every kind and sort

In every type and kind

of beauty and excellence.

Of beauty and merit

أَرى مَعانيكَ تَبْدُو

أَرى مَعانيكَ تَبْدُو

حُسْناً فَتَحْجِبُ عَقلي

حُسْناً فَتَحْجِبُ عَقلي

I see your qualities appear

I see your meanings appear

as beauty, and so veil my reason.

As beauty that bewilders my mind

وَلَيْسَ مِثْلُكَ يَهْوى

وَلَيْسَ مِثْلُكَ يَهْوى

في الحبّ هِجْرانَ مِثْلي

في الحبّ هِجْرانَ مِثْلي

And one like you does not desire

And none like you, whom I adore

to forsake one like me in love.

Would abandon in love one like me

ما دُمْتَ تَهْوَى فَواصِلْ

ما دُمْتَ تَهْوَى فَواصِلْ

فَذَا رَبيعٌ مُوَلِّي

فَذَا رَبيعٌ مُوَلِّي

As long as you love, remain united with me;

As long as you love, keep visiting

for this is a spring that is passing away.

For it is a renewing spring to me

حَسْبِي وَحَسْبُكَ ذَقْنٌ

حَسْبِي وَحَسْبُكَ ذَقْنٌ

تَأتي بِفُرْقَةِ شَمْلي

تَأتي بِفُرْقَةِ شَمْلي

A beard is enough for me and you,

Sufficient for me, and for you, a misfortune

bringing the sundering of my union.

That brings separation from me

وَبَعْدَ ذاكَ إِذَا ما

وَبَعْدَ ذاكَ إِذَا ما

رَأَيْتَ وَجْهِي فَولِّ

رَأَيْتَ وَجْهِي فَولِّ

And after that, whenever

And after that, whenever

you see my face, turn away.

You see my face, turn away