سَقَى طَلَلَ الحَيِّ الَّذي أَنْتُمُ بِهِ

سَقَى طَلَلَ الحَيِّ الَّذي أَنْتُمُ بِهِ

تَعَالَوْا بِنَا نُعْطِي الصَّبَابَةَ حَقَّهَا

تَعَالَوْا بِنَا نُعْطِي الصَّبَابَةَ حَقَّهَا

May the ruins of the tribe's encampment where you dwell be watered.

The youth who you are enamored with quenched thirst

Come with us; let us give ardent longing its due.

Come let us grant the cup its due

وَيُسْعَدُ صَوْبَ الدَّمْعِ أَجْفَانُ صَبِّهِ

وَيُسْعَدُ صَوْبَ الدَّمْعِ أَجْفَانُ صَبِّهِ

وَتُمْسَحُ أَعْطَافُ الزَّمَانِ لَعَلَّهُ

وَتُمْسَحُ أَعْطَافُ الزَّمَانِ لَعَلَّهُ

And let the rain of tears be aided by the eyelids of its lovesick lover.

And may the eyelids be joyous in the path of tears

And let Time's flanks be stroked, in hope that it

And may the sides of time be wiped

يَعُودُ إلى عُتْبَاهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَتْبِهِ

يَعُودُ إلى عُتْبَاهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ عَتْبِهِ

أَعِنْدَكُمْ عِلْمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُ الهَوَى

أَعِنْدَكُمْ عِلْمٌ بِمَا يَفْعَلُ الهَوَى

Will return to goodwill after its reproach.

That it may return from its displeasure after displeasure

Do you know what love does

Do you have knowledge of what passion does

إِذَا اسْتَنَّ دَمْعُ العَيْنِ فَوْقَ مَصَبِّهِ

إِذَا اسْتَنَّ دَمْعُ العَيْنِ فَوْقَ مَصَبِّهِ

وَمَا يَقْدَحُ التَّذْكَار أَنْ هَبَّ مِنْكُمُ

وَمَا يَقْدَحُ التَّذْكَار أَنْ هَبَّ مِنْكُمُ

When the eye's tears rush over their outlet,

When the tear of the eye flows above its outlet

And what remembrance kindles when from you blows

And what the recollection kindles when

نَسِيمٌ يَغَصُّ المِسْكُ دُونَ مَهَبِّهِ

نَسِيمٌ يَغَصُّ المِسْكُ دُونَ مَهَبِّهِ

وَمَا كَانَ إلاَّ أَنْ جَنَى الطَّرفُ نَظْرَةً

وَمَا كَانَ إلاَّ أَنْ جَنَى الطَّرفُ نَظْرَةً

A breeze before whose waft musk chokes?

A breeze wafts from you, suffusing the musk short of its vent

And no sooner had the eye plucked a glance

It was nothing but the glance the eyelid stole

غَدَا القَلْبُ رَهْناً فِي عُقُوبَةِ ذَنْبِهِ

غَدَا القَلْبُ رَهْناً فِي عُقُوبَةِ ذَنْبِهِ

ومَا العَدْلُ أَنْ يَأْتي امْرُؤٌ بِجَرِيْرَةٍ

ومَا العَدْلُ أَنْ يَأْتي امْرُؤٌ بِجَرِيْرَةٍ

Than the heart became a hostage in punishment for the eye's sin.

And the heart became hostage to the sin of its crime

And it is not just that a man commits an offense,

How can justice be that a man commits a crime

فَيُؤْخَذُ فِي أَوْزَارِهَا جَارُ جَنْبِهِ

فَيُؤْخَذُ فِي أَوْزَارِهَا جَارُ جَنْبِهِ

And the neighbor beside him is seized for its burdens of guilt.

Then his neighbor takes the blame for his iniquities