أَتَعلَم أَنَّ قَلبي غَيرُ صاحِ

أَتَعلَم أَنَّ قَلبي غَيرُ صاحِ

وَأَنّي مِن سُلوِّكَ في اِنتِزاحِ

وَأَنّي مِن سُلوِّكَ في اِنتِزاحِ

Do you know that my heart is not sober,

Do you know that my heart is not well

and that I am far from forgetting you?

And that I am disturbed by your behavior

وَكنتُ الدَهرَ أَصطادُ المَعالي

وَكنتُ الدَهرَ أَصطادُ المَعالي

فَقَد أَصبَحتُ مِن صيدِ المِلاحِ

فَقَد أَصبَحتُ مِن صيدِ المِلاحِ

I once spent my days hunting lofty honors,

I used to hunt glory all my life

but now I have become the prey of beauties.

But now I have become the prey of jesters

تُسَقِّيني البَخيلَةُ كَأسَ صَدٍّ

تُسَقِّيني البَخيلَةُ كَأسَ صَدٍّ

وَتَمزُجها لِتَعليلي بِراحِ

وَتَمزُجها لِتَعليلي بِراحِ

The stingy woman gives me a cup of rejection,

The miserly one gives me a cup of aloofness

and mixes it with wine to soothe me.

And mixes it to justify my relief

وَلَو شاءَت حَياتي الدَهرَ سَقَّت

وَلَو شاءَت حَياتي الدَهرَ سَقَّت

حَرورَ القَلبِ مِن شَبَم قُراحِ

حَرورَ القَلبِ مِن شَبَم قُراحِ

Had she wished me life forever, she would have quenched

If my life willed, it would have quenched

the heat of my heart with cold, pure water.

The heat of the heart from the embers of wounds

وَكانَت تَصنَعُ الحُسنى جَميلاً

وَكانَت تَصنَعُ الحُسنى جَميلاً

وَلَكِن لَيسَ تَلقى غَيرَ لاحِ

وَلَكِن لَيسَ تَلقى غَيرَ لاحِ

And the fairest would have done a kindness,

It would have made goodness beautiful

yet she encounters none but a reproacher.

But it does not find anything but negligence

فَسَقِّيني فَدَيتُكِ مِن عُقارٍ

فَسَقِّيني فَدَيتُكِ مِن عُقارٍ

وَناديني هَلُمَّ إِلى اِصطِباحِ

وَناديني هَلُمَّ إِلى اِصطِباحِ

So pour me wine—may I be your ransom—

So give me an antidote, my dear

and call to me: 'Come to the morning draught!'

And call me, come to conciliation