وهواك يا سلمى وحرمة ما جرى

وهواك يا سلمى وحرمة ما جرى

بيني وبينك من أكيد وداد

بيني وبينك من أكيد وداد

By my love for you, O Salma, and by the sanctity of what passed

Your love, O Salma, and the sanctity of what transpired

between me and you in steadfast affection,

Between you and I of certain affection

لا حُلتُ عن عهد الهوى ولو انني

لا حُلتُ عن عهد الهوى ولو انني

حاولت ذاك لما أطاع فؤادي

حاولت ذاك لما أطاع فؤادي

I have not turned from love's covenant; and even if I

I cannot be freed from the bond of passion, even if

tried that, my heart would not obey.

I attempted that, my heart would not obey

وسرب ظباء في غدير تخالهم

وسرب ظباء في غدير تخالهم

بدوراً بأفق الماء تبدو وتغرب

بدوراً بأفق الماء تبدو وتغرب

And a herd of gazelles in a pool—you would take them

And a flock of gazelles in a pond you'd think

for full moons on the water's horizon, appearing and setting.

Were houses on the water's horizon appearing and disappearing

يقول خليلي والغرام مصاحبي

يقول خليلي والغرام مصاحبي

أمالك عن هذي الصبابة مذهب

أمالك عن هذي الصبابة مذهب

My friend says, while passion is my companion:

My friend says, while love accompanies me

“Have you no escape from this ardent longing?

"Do you have any respite from this youth?"

وفي دمك المطلول خاضوا كما ترى

وفي دمك المطلول خاضوا كما ترى

فقلت له دعهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا

فقلت له دعهم يخوضوا ويلعبوا

And they have waded in your unavenged blood, as you see.”

And in your shed blood they waded, as you see

So I said to him, “Let them wade and play.”

So I said to him “Leave them be, to wade and play”

انظر الى عارضه فوقه

انظر الى عارضه فوقه

لحاظه ترسل منها الحتوف

لحاظه ترسل منها الحتوف

Look at his cheek; above it

Look at his cheek above it

are his glances, from which death is sent forth.

His beard sends out spears

تعاين الجنة في خدِّه

تعاين الجنة في خدِّه

لكنها تحت ظلال السيوف

لكنها تحت ظلال السيوف

You behold Paradise in his cheek,

You see paradise in his cheek

but it lies beneath the shadows of swords.

But it is under the shadows of swords