أَمِنَ الحَوادِثِ وَالهَوى المُعتادِ

أَمِنَ الحَوادِثِ وَالهَوى المُعتادِ

رَقَدَ الخَلِيُّ وَما أُحِسُّ رُقادي

رَقَدَ الخَلِيُّ وَما أُحِسُّ رُقادي

Is it because of misfortunes and familiar passion

Safe from mishaps and accustomed passion,

that the carefree man slept, while I find no sleep?

Al-Khali slumbers, and I feel no slumber.

وَأُجيبُ قائِلَ كَيفَ أَنتَ بِصالِحٍ

وَأُجيبُ قائِلَ كَيفَ أَنتَ بِصالِحٍ

حَتّى مَلِلتُ وَمَلَّني عُوّادي

حَتّى مَلِلتُ وَمَلَّني عُوّادي

And I answer whoever asks, 'How are you?' with 'Well,'

I answer one who asks how I fare,

until I have grown weary, and my sickbed visitors have tired of me.

Till I am sick of those who visit me.

وَمَقالَ عاذِلَتي وَقَد عايَنتُها

وَمَقالَ عاذِلَتي وَقَد عايَنتُها

إِنَّ المُرَعَّثَ رائِحٌ أَو غادي

إِنَّ المُرَعَّثَ رائِحٌ أَو غادي

And my reproacher's words, when I had seen her:

My censurer has reproached me, though she has seen

'Indeed, al-Muraʿʿath, the Earringed One, departs at evening or morning.'

That the dishevelled is a wanderer or gone.

مِن حُبِّ غانِيَةٍ أَصابَ دَلالُها

مِن حُبِّ غانِيَةٍ أَصابَ دَلالُها

قَلبي فَعاوَدَني كَذي الأَعوادِ

قَلبي فَعاوَدَني كَذي الأَعوادِ

From love of a beauty whose coquetry struck

For love of a singing girl who has enthralled my heart,

my heart; it assailed me again, as though I lay upon a wooden bier.

It has returned to its former ways.

إِنّي لَأَرهَبُ أَن تَكونَ مَنِيَّتي

إِنّي لَأَرهَبُ أَن تَكونَ مَنِيَّتي

وَالحُبُّ داعِيَةُ الفَتى لِفَسادِ

وَالحُبُّ داعِيَةُ الفَتى لِفَسادِ

I truly fear that it may be my death,

Verily I fear my death will be because of love,

and love summons a young man to corruption,

For it calls the young man to corruption.

حَتّى تَراني ما أُكاتِمُ حاجَةً

حَتّى تَراني ما أُكاتِمُ حاجَةً

وَنَسيتُ مِن حُبّي عُبَيدَ مَعادي

وَنَسيتُ مِن حُبّي عُبَيدَ مَعادي

until you see me concealing no desire,

You will see me concealing nothing of my desire,

and through my love for ʿUbayd I forgot my hereafter.

And I forget, for my love, my religion and my kin.

سَلَبَت فُؤادَكَ يَومَ رُحتُ وَغادَرَت

سَلَبَت فُؤادَكَ يَومَ رُحتُ وَغادَرَت

جَسَداً أُجاوِرُهُ بِغَيرِ فُؤادِ

جَسَداً أُجاوِرُهُ بِغَيرِ فُؤادِ

She stole your heart the day I went away, and left

The day you went and left, you stole my heart,

a body I dwell beside, without a heart.

Leaving with me a body without a heart.

مالَت بِهِ كَبِدٌ إِلَيكِ رَقيقَةٌ

مالَت بِهِ كَبِدٌ إِلَيكِ رَقيقَةٌ

وَصَبابَةٌ تَسري لَهُ بِسُهادِ

وَصَبابَةٌ تَسري لَهُ بِسُهادِ

A tender liver swayed him toward you,

A tender liver is inclined toward you,

and longing visits him by night with sleeplessness.

And a youthful spirit flows calmly to him.

لا تَصرِميهِ يا عُبَيدَةُ وَاِقصِدي

لا تَصرِميهِ يا عُبَيدَةُ وَاِقصِدي

نَفسي فِداكِ وَطارِفي وَتِلادي

نَفسي فِداكِ وَطارِفي وَتِلادي

Do not abandon him, ʿUbayda, and be moderate:

Do not spurn him, O Ubayda, but go straight

My soul be your ransom, and my newly gained and inherited wealth.

To my soul which is yours, my places and my people.