ذَكَرتُكِ ذَكرَةَ لا ذاهِلٍ

ذَكَرتُكِ ذَكرَةَ لا ذاهِلٍ

وَلا نازِعٍ قَلبُهُ وَالجَنانُ

وَلا نازِعٍ قَلبُهُ وَالجَنانُ

I remembered you, not as one heedless,

I remembered you with a memory that does not forget

Nor as one whose heart and soul turn away.

Nor does the heart of the one remembering dispute

أُعاوِدُ مِنكِ عِدادَ السَليمِ

أُعاوِدُ مِنكِ عِدادَ السَليمِ

فَيا دينَ قَلبِيَ ماذا يُدانُ

فَيا دينَ قَلبِيَ ماذا يُدانُ

Because of you, I relive the snakebitten one's recurring pains.

I count again the days of wellness

So, O my heart's recompense—what requital it receives!

So oh my heart's religion, what can be condemned?

عَواطِفُ مِن مُقلِقاتِ الغَرا

عَواطِفُ مِن مُقلِقاتِ الغَرا

مِ يَومَ دُموعي بِها أَروِنانُ

مِ يَومَ دُموعي بِها أَروِنانُ

Recurrent stirrings from the disquieting pangs of pas-

Emotions disturb me since the day

sion: the day of my tears over them is tumultuous.

My tears with them became abundant

وَيَأبى الجَوى أَن أُسِرَّ الجَوى

وَيَأبى الجَوى أَن أُسِرَّ الجَوى

إِذا مُلِئَ القَلبُ فاضَ اللِسانُ

إِذا مُلِئَ القَلبُ فاضَ اللِسانُ

And heartache will not let me conceal heartache;

And the passion refuses that I confide the passion

When the heart is filled, the tongue overflows.

When the heart fills, the tongue overflows

وَما خَيرُ عَينٍ خَبا نورُها

وَما خَيرُ عَينٍ خَبا نورُها

وَيُمنى يَدٍ جُذَّ مِنها البَنانُ

وَيُمنى يَدٍ جُذَّ مِنها البَنانُ

And what good is an eye whose light has dimmed,

And what good is an eye whose light is gone?

And a right hand whose fingers have been severed?

Or a right hand from which the fingers are cut off?

فَيا أَثَرَ الحُبُّ أَنّى بَقيتَ

فَيا أَثَرَ الحُبُّ أَنّى بَقيتَ

وَقَد بانَ مِمَّن أُحِبُّ العِيانُ

وَقَد بانَ مِمَّن أُحِبُّ العِيانُ

So, O trace of love, how have you remained,

So oh trace of love! Where did you remain

Though the sight of the one I love has vanished?

When the one I loved became clearly seen?

وَقالوا تَسَلَّ بِأَترابِها

وَقالوا تَسَلَّ بِأَترابِها

فَأَينَ الشَبابُ وَأَينَ الزَمانُ

فَأَينَ الشَبابُ وَأَينَ الزَمانُ

And they said, 'Seek solace with her peers.'

And they said, "Be distracted with your peers"

But where is youth, and where is that time?

So where is youth and where is time?