يَا رِيم قَصْرٍ بِه أهِيمُ

يَا رِيم قَصْرٍ بِه أهِيمُ

الصّبْحُ ما لَمْ تَلُحْ بَهِيمُ

الصّبْحُ ما لَمْ تَلُحْ بَهِيمُ

O gazelle of a palace, for whom I pine,

O ruins of a palace where I yearn

Dawn is dark until you appear.

The dawn has not shone with radiance upon it

سَرَتْ ولَمَّا يَسْرِ غَرامِي

سَرَتْ ولَمَّا يَسْرِ غَرامِي

لا غَرْوَ أنْ يُلْزَمَ الغَرِيمُ

لا غَرْوَ أنْ يُلْزَمَ الغَرِيمُ

She departed by night, yet my passion has not yet departed;

It departed though my love had not departed

No wonder the debtor is held fast.

Surely the beloved is destined to be blamed

يَا حَبَّذَا مَنْزِل خَصِيبٌ

يَا حَبَّذَا مَنْزِل خَصِيبٌ

أَلْوَى بهِ مُنْزَلٌ خَصِيمُ

أَلْوَى بهِ مُنْزَلٌ خَصِيمُ

Ah, how lovely that fertile dwelling!

O how good is the fertile dwelling

A hostile abode swept it away.

With which an inimical dwelling has become fair

طَابَتْ بأرْجَائِهِ الأَمَانِي

طَابَتْ بأرْجَائِهِ الأَمَانِي

كأَنَّهُ الرُّكْنُ والحَطِيمُ

كأَنَّهُ الرُّكْنُ والحَطِيمُ

Hopes were sweet throughout its precincts,

In its corners hopes have become pleasant

As though it were the Corner and the Hatim,

As if it were a pillar and protector

إذ نَحْنُ في ظِلِّهِ جَمِيعٌ

إذ نَحْنُ في ظِلِّهِ جَمِيعٌ

وَرَوْضُ آمالِنَا حَمِيمُ

وَرَوْضُ آمالِنَا حَمِيمُ

When we were all together in its shade,

While we in its shade are all together

And the garden of our hopes was dear.

And the meadow of our hopes intimate

وَلي بحُكْمِ الهَوى نَسِيبٌ

وَلي بحُكْمِ الهَوى نَسِيبٌ

كَأَنَّهُ رِقَّة نَسِيمُ

كَأَنَّهُ رِقَّة نَسِيمُ

And, by love's decree, I had a kinsman,

And to me by decree of love a kinsman

As though, in tenderness, he were a breeze.

As if he were a gentle breeze

فَاليومَ لا حالِق رَحيبٌ

فَاليومَ لا حالِق رَحيبٌ

يُغَشى ولا آلِفٌ رَحيمُ

يُغَشى ولا آلِفٌ رَحيمُ

So today no lofty, spacious dwelling

So today there is no vast expanse

Is visited, nor any compassionate companion.

To cover it, nor intimate friend to have mercy