وَأَهوى عَلى صَدرِها باكِياً

وَأَهوى عَلى صَدرِها باكِياً

وَأَهوَت عَلى رَأسِهِ باكِيَه

وَأَهوَت عَلى رَأسِهِ باكِيَه

And he fell upon her breast, weeping,

And he bent down weeping on her breast

and she bent over his head, weeping.

And she bent down weeping on his head

وَما هِيَ إِلّا دَقايِقُ حَتّى

وَما هِيَ إِلّا دَقايِقُ حَتّى

تَلاشَت رُؤى نَفسِها الدامِيَه

تَلاشَت رُؤى نَفسِها الدامِيَه

And it was only minutes before

And it was but moments until

the visions of her bleeding soul faded away.

The bloody visions of her soul vanished

فَأَدنَت إِلى ثَغرِهِ ثَغرَها

فَأَدنَت إِلى ثَغرِهِ ثَغرَها

عَلى مَشهَدٍ من تُقى الرابِيَه

عَلى مَشهَدٍ من تُقى الرابِيَه

Then she drew her mouth close to his,

Then she brought her lips near to his

in the presence of the hillside's piety,

In a scene of chaste courting

عَلى مَشهَدٍ من نَقاءٍ الزُهورِ

عَلى مَشهَدٍ من نَقاءٍ الزُهورِ

العَذارى وَمن عِفَّةِ الساقِيَه

العَذارى وَمن عِفَّةِ الساقِيَه

in the presence of the purity of the flowers—

In a scene of the flowers' purity

virgins—and of the stream's chastity.

Of chaste maidens and of the pouring youth

وَإِذ صَعِدَ البَدرُ خَلفَ الجِبالِ

وَإِذ صَعِدَ البَدرُ خَلفَ الجِبالِ

وَذابَ عَلى الرَبوَةِ العالِيَه

وَذابَ عَلى الرَبوَةِ العالِيَه

And when the full moon rose behind the mountains,

And when the full moon rose behind the mountains

and melted upon the lofty hill,

And melted on the high knoll

وَهَوَّمَتِ الطَيرُ بَينَ الغُصونِ

وَهَوَّمَتِ الطَيرُ بَينَ الغُصونِ

لِتَحلمَ أَحلامَها الصافِيَه

لِتَحلمَ أَحلامَها الصافِيَه

and the birds dozed among the boughs

And the birds fluttered among the branches

to dream their pure dreams,

To dream their lucid dreams

وَلم يَبقَ يُسمَعُ في الحَقلِ إِلّا

وَلم يَبقَ يُسمَعُ في الحَقلِ إِلّا

تَنَهُّدُ شَبّابَةِ الراعِيَه

تَنَهُّدُ شَبّابَةِ الراعِيَه

and nothing remained audible in the field but

And nothing more could be heard in the field except

the sighing of the shepherdess's reed flute,

The sighing of the sleepy shepherd boy

أَفاقَ الحَبيبانِ من سَكرَةِ الدُموعِ

أَفاقَ الحَبيبانِ من سَكرَةِ الدُموعِ

إِلى سَكرَةٍ ثانِيَه

إِلى سَكرَةٍ ثانِيَه

the two lovers awoke from the intoxication of tears

The two lovers awoke from the intoxication of tears

into a second intoxication.

To a second intoxication

وَظَلّا من السُكرِ في نَزواتٍ

وَظَلّا من السُكرِ في نَزواتٍ

تُطَهِّرها عِفَّةٌ باقِيَه

تُطَهِّرها عِفَّةٌ باقِيَه

And in their drunkenness they lingered in fits of passion

And they remained intoxicated with rapture

purified by a chastity that endured,

Purified by an abiding chastity

إِلى أَن دَنا مَوعِدٌ لِلفِراقِ

إِلى أَن دَنا مَوعِدٌ لِلفِراقِ

وَاصفَرَّت الأَنجُمُ الساهِيَه

وَاصفَرَّت الأَنجُمُ الساهِيَه

until the time for parting drew near,

Until the time of parting drew near

and the heedless stars turned yellow.

And the languid stars paled

كَأَنَّ النُجومَ الضَئيلَة في الأُفقِ

كَأَنَّ النُجومَ الضَئيلَة في الأُفقِ

رَشحُ خُمورٍ عَلى خابيه

رَشحُ خُمورٍ عَلى خابيه

As though the tiny stars on the horizon

As if the dim stars on the horizon

were beads of wine upon an earthenware jar;

Were a sprinkling of wine on a faded robe

كَأَنَّ النجومَ زَفيرُ خَطايا

كَأَنَّ النجومَ زَفيرُ خَطايا

تُصَعِّدُهُ لَيلَةٌ زانِيَه

تُصَعِّدُهُ لَيلَةٌ زانِيَه

as though the stars were the sigh of sins

As if the stars were the sighing of sins

sent aloft by an adulterous night.

That a wanton night exhaled