اسْتَفَزَّ الأنامَ مَرْآهُ

اسْتَفَزَّ الأنامَ مَرْآهُ

بِفُنونِ الفُتونْ

بِفُنونِ الفُتونْ

The sight of him stirred humankind

His mirror provoked people

With manifold enchantments.

With the arts of temptation

شادنٌ مذ عَدِمْتُ رؤْياهُ

شادنٌ مذ عَدِمْتُ رؤْياهُ

حَشْوُ صَدْرِي شجُونْ

حَشْوُ صَدْرِي شجُونْ

A young gazelle—since I lost sight of him,

I have yearned since I lost sight of him

My breast is filled with sorrows.

The cavity of my chest filled with agony

ظَلْتُ أشْدو شَوْقاً لِلُقْياهُ

ظَلْتُ أشْدو شَوْقاً لِلُقْياهُ

صادِحاتِ الغُصون

صادِحاتِ الغُصون

I kept singing, longing to meet him,

I continued singing longingly for seeing him

To the songbirds of the boughs.

The tree branches crying out

يا حماماً شَدا عَلى الرَّنْدِ

يا حماماً شَدا عَلى الرَّنْدِ

بالنَّبي يا حَمامْ

بالنَّبي يا حَمامْ

O dove that sang upon the laurel,

O pigeon calling loudly over the balcony

By the Prophet, O dove,

With the prophet, o pigeon

إنْ خَطَرْتَ على دِيارْ حِبِّي

إنْ خَطَرْتَ على دِيارْ حِبِّي

خُصَّها بالسَّلامْ

خُصَّها بالسَّلامْ

If you pass by my beloved’s dwellings,

If you pass by the abode of my love

Give them a special greeting of peace.

Give her my special greetings