أَهاجَكَ يَومَ البَينِ يا سَعدُ إِذ بانوا

أَهاجَكَ يَومَ البَينِ يا سَعدُ إِذ بانوا

غِناءُ حَماماتٍ بِها رَقَصَ البانُ

غِناءُ حَماماتٍ بِها رَقَصَ البانُ

Did it stir you, O Saʿd, on parting day, when they left—

Sad, your separation day has distressed me

the singing of doves that set the bān trees dancing?

As the doves' cooing danced the separater

فَظَلَّت تَسُحُّ الدَّمعَ وَهيَ سَواجِعٌ

فَظَلَّت تَسُحُّ الدَّمعَ وَهيَ سَواجِعٌ

فَإعلانُها سِرٌّ وَسِرُّكَ إِعلانُ

فَإعلانُها سِرٌّ وَسِرُّكَ إِعلانُ

So they kept pouring tears as they cooed;

She remained, wiping her tears woefully

for what they proclaim is secret, while your secret is proclaimed.

Her proclamation's a secret; yours, a declarer

لَقَد أَودَعوكَ الوَجدَ ساعَةَ وَدَّعوا

لَقَد أَودَعوكَ الوَجدَ ساعَةَ وَدَّعوا

فَفي القَلبِ نيرانٌ وَفي الجَفنِ طوفانُ

فَفي القَلبِ نيرانٌ وَفي الجَفنِ طوفانُ

Indeed, they lodged longing in you the moment they bade farewell;

In bidding farewell, longing they installed in you

so there are fires in the heart, and a deluge in the eyelid.

Fires in the heart; in the eyelids, a hurricane

وَأَهيَفُ مَعسول المَراشِفِ لَيِّنُ ال

وَأَهيَفُ مَعسول المَراشِفِ لَيِّنُ ال

مَعاطِفِ مُهتَزُّ الرَوادِفِ وَسنانُ

مَعاطِفِ مُهتَزُّ الرَوادِفِ وَسنانُ

And a slender-waisted one, honey-lipped, supple of

And the smooth pillow's master, so very gentle

body, with swaying hips, drowsy-eyed.

The mantle's shaker, the lithesome, fanged one

وَلَم أَنسَهُ إِذ ماسَ وَاِهتَزَّ رِدفُهُ

وَلَم أَنسَهُ إِذ ماسَ وَاِهتَزَّ رِدفُهُ

فَحارَت وَغارَت مِنهُ كُثبٌ وَأَغصانُ

فَحارَت وَغارَت مِنهُ كُثبٌ وَأَغصانُ

And I have not forgotten him as he swayed and his hips quivered;

And I've not forgotten him as he prowled and his flank quivered

so dunes and branches were bewildered and grew jealous of him.

So the hillocks and branches startled and shook

نفورٌ وَما هَذا مِنَ الظَبيِ بَدعَةٌ

نفورٌ وَما هَذا مِنَ الظَبيِ بَدعَةٌ

مَلِيٌّ لَهُ بِالدَينِ مَطلٌ وَلَيّانُ

مَلِيٌّ لَهُ بِالدَينِ مَطلٌ وَلَيّانُ

Skittish—and this is nothing new in a gazelle.

Aloofness - yet nothing novel in this gazelle

Able to pay, yet he delays and evades repaying his debt.

Devout, for him, with religion, a waver and twist

وَلَكِنَّهُ فيما يُعانيهِ فارِغُ ال

وَلَكِنَّهُ فيما يُعانيهِ فارِغُ ال

فُؤادِ وَقَلبي مِنهُ بِالوَجدِ مَلآنُ

فُؤادِ وَقَلبي مِنهُ بِالوَجدِ مَلآنُ

Yet through all he undergoes, empty is his

Rather, in his suffering, his heart is void

heart, while mine is full of longing for him.

While mine, because of him, with ardour fills