الآنَ سَرَّت فُؤادي مُقلَةُ الريمِ

الآنَ سَرَّت فُؤادي مُقلَةُ الريمِ

وَاِهتَزَّ كَالغُصنِ في مَيلٍ وَتَقويمِ

وَاِهتَزَّ كَالغُصنِ في مَيلٍ وَتَقويمِ

Now the gazelle's eye has gladdened my heart,

Now my heart is delighted by the glance of the gazelle,

and he swayed like a branch, bending and straightening.

And sways like a branch, leaning and straightening.

الآنَ ناجى بِوَحيِ الحُبِّ عاشِقَهُ

الآنَ ناجى بِوَحيِ الحُبِّ عاشِقَهُ

وَاِستَعجَلَ اللَحظَ في وُدٍّ وَتَسليمِ

وَاِستَعجَلَ اللَحظَ في وُدٍّ وَتَسليمِ

Now he whispered to his lover with love's secret prompting,

Now the lover whispers intimately to his beloved,

and hastened his glance in affection and greeting.

And hastens the moment in affection and surrender.

قَد بِتُّ أَلثِمُهُ وَاللَيلُ حارِسُنا

قَد بِتُّ أَلثِمُهُ وَاللَيلُ حارِسُنا

حَتّى بَدا الصُبحُ مُبيَضَّ المَقاديمِ

حَتّى بَدا الصُبحُ مُبيَضَّ المَقاديمِ

Indeed, I spent the night kissing him, with night our guardian,

I have been kissing her while the night guards over us,

until dawn appeared, its foreparts white.

Until dawn emerged, whitening the horizons.

وَقامَ ناعي الدُجى فَوقَ الجِدارِ كَما

وَقامَ ناعي الدُجى فَوقَ الجِدارِ كَما

نادى عَلى مَرقَبٍ شادٍ بِتَحكيمِ

نادى عَلى مَرقَبٍ شادٍ بِتَحكيمِ

And the herald of night's death rose atop the wall, as

And the herald of darkness arose above the wall,

a chanter on a lookout cried out for arbitration.

As if calling to prayer from a high, just minaret.

وَالبَدرُ يَأخُذُهُ غَيمٌ وَيَترُكُهُ

وَالبَدرُ يَأخُذُهُ غَيمٌ وَيَترُكُهُ

كَأَنَّهُ سافِرٌ عَن وَجهِ مَلطومِ

كَأَنَّهُ سافِرٌ عَن وَجهِ مَلطومِ

And a cloud seizes the full moon and lets it go,

The moon takes it, then a cloud leaves it,

as though it were unveiling a face that had been slapped.

As if it were a traveller from a cursed face.

فَظُنَّ ما شِئتَ ما حاجاتُ ذي طَرَبٍ

فَظُنَّ ما شِئتَ ما حاجاتُ ذي طَرَبٍ

مَقضِيَّةٌ وَسُؤالٌ غَيرُ مَحرومِ

مَقضِيَّةٌ وَسُؤالٌ غَيرُ مَحرومِ

So imagine what you will, while a reveler's needs

So think what you wish - the needs of the troubled one

are fulfilled and no request is denied.

Are fulfilled, and the request is not denied.

يا لَيلَةَ الوَصلِ لَيتَ الصُبحَ يَهجِرُها

يا لَيلَةَ الوَصلِ لَيتَ الصُبحَ يَهجِرُها

يا لَيلَةَ الوَصلِ دومي هَكَذا دومي

يا لَيلَةَ الوَصلِ دومي هَكَذا دومي

O night of union—if only dawn would forsake her!

O night of union, if only the dawn would neglect it!

O night of union, endure like this—endure!

O night of union, last forever, just like this last forever!

باتَت أَباريقُنا حُمراً عَصائِبُها

باتَت أَباريقُنا حُمراً عَصائِبُها

حَيثُ السُقاةُ بِتَكبيرٍ وَتَعظيمِ

حَيثُ السُقاةُ بِتَكبيرٍ وَتَعظيمِ

Our pitchers spent the night with red headbands,

Our jugs have turned red, dressed in their straps,

where cupbearers cried 'God is great!' and offered reverence.

Where the water-bearers are, praising and glorifying.

فَلَم نَزَل لَيلَنا نُسقى مُشَعشَعَةً

فَلَم نَزَل لَيلَنا نُسقى مُشَعشَعَةً

كَأَنَّما المَءُ يُغريها بِتَصريمِ

كَأَنَّما المَءُ يُغريها بِتَصريمِ

So throughout our night we kept being served water-mixed wine,

Our night did not cease to be watered, scintillating,

as though the water urged it to split apart.

As if the water enticed it with murmuring.

كَأَنَّ في كَأسِها وَالماءُ يَفرَعُها

كَأَنَّ في كَأسِها وَالماءُ يَفرَعُها

أَكارِعَ النَملِ أَو نَقشَ الخَواتيمِ

أَكارِعَ النَملِ أَو نَقشَ الخَواتيمِ

As though in its cup, while water overtops it,

As if in its cup, as the water pours into it,

were ants' legs or the engraving of rings.

Is the bustling of ants or engraved seals.

لا صاحَبَتني يَدٌ لَم تُغنِ أَلفَ يَدٍ

لا صاحَبَتني يَدٌ لَم تُغنِ أَلفَ يَدٍ

وَلَم تَرُدَّ القَنا حُمرَ الخَياشيمِ

وَلَم تَرُدَّ القَنا حُمرَ الخَياشيمِ

May no hand befriend me that has not enriched a thousand hands,

My companion was a hand that did not match a thousand hands,

and has not brought spears back with crimson nostrils.

And did not return the goblet red with coral.

بادِر بِجودِكَ بادِر قَبلَ عائِقَةٍ

بادِر بِجودِكَ بادِر قَبلَ عائِقَةٍ

فَإِنَّ وَعدَ الفَتى عِندي مِنَ اللَومِ

فَإِنَّ وَعدَ الفَتى عِندي مِنَ اللَومِ

Hasten with your generosity—hasten before some hindrance,

Be quick with your generosity, be quick before an obstacle!

for, to me, a young man's promise is grounds for reproach.

For in my eyes, the promise of a young man is blameworthy.