أتُرى يذكرونه أم نسوهُ

أتُرى يذكرونه أم نسوهُ

هم سَقوه الهوى وهم أسكروهُ

هم سَقوه الهوى وهم أسكروهُ

Do you suppose they remember him, or have they forgotten him?

Do they remember me or have they forgotten?

They gave him love to drink, and they made him drunk.

They intoxicated him with passion, and made him drunk.

عللوه فكان أقتلَ شيءٍ

عللوه فكان أقتلَ شيءٍ

ذلك الصدُّ بعدما علَّلوهُ

ذلك الصدُّ بعدما علَّلوهُ

They fed him hopes, and the deadliest thing

They blamed him, so he became the dearest thing,

Was that rejection after they had fed him hopes.

That aloofness after they had blamed him.

عمرَك الله.. هل عرفتَ فؤاداً

عمرَك الله.. هل عرفتَ فؤاداً

كفؤادي عليه جارَ ذووهُ

كفؤادي عليه جارَ ذووهُ

I implore you by God: have you ever known a heart

May God grant you a long life... Have you known a heart,

Like mine, wronged by its own kin?

Like mine, with those who reside by it tormenting it?

ليتهم يذكرون ليلة كنَّا

ليتهم يذكرون ليلة كنَّا

و الهوى نحن أمه و أبوهُ

و الهوى نحن أمه و أبوهُ

If only they remembered the night we were together,

If only they would remember the night we had,

And Love—we were its mother and its father.

When passion was our mother and father,

و عيون النجوم ترنو إلينا

و عيون النجوم ترنو إلينا

و لسان الدجى يكاد يفوهُ

و لسان الدجى يكاد يفوهُ

And the eyes of the stars gazed at us,

And the eyes of the stars gazed upon us,

And the tongue of darkness almost spoke,

And the tongue of the darkness almost revealed us,

و النسيم الخفيف يلهو بثوبَينا

و النسيم الخفيف يلهو بثوبَينا

كطفل أهلوه ما هذَّبوهُ

كطفل أهلوه ما هذَّبوهُ

And the gentle breeze played with our two garments,

And the gentle breeze toyed with our clothes,

Like a child whose family had not taught him manners.

Like a child they adored without disciplining him,

ورشفنا كأس الحميا فباحت

ورشفنا كأس الحميا فباحت

بالذي في الصدور منا الوجوهُ

بالذي في الصدور منا الوجوهُ

And we sipped the cup of strong wine; then spoke

And we drank from the cup of love, so smiles shone

Our faces, revealing what lay within our breasts.

On the faces among us, the bashful ones.

قلتُ أهواك يا ملاكي فردَّتْ

قلتُ أهواك يا ملاكي فردَّتْ

مقلتاه لكن تلعثم فوهُ

مقلتاه لكن تلعثم فوهُ

I said, "I love you, my angel"; the reply came

I said "I love you, my angel," and her eyelids replied,

From his two eyes, but his mouth stammered.

But her mouth stammered, not speaking out.