كفى وهواك ما تحوى ضلوعي

كفى وهواك ما تحوى ضلوعي

ويكفي ما جرى لي من دموعي

ويكفي ما جرى لي من دموعي

Enough, by my love for you, is what my ribs contain,

Enough, your love has consumed my ribs,

And the tears I have shed are enough.

And enough are the tears that have flowed from me.

حبيبي بعض ذا يكفي وحاشا

حبيبي بعض ذا يكفي وحاشا

جمالك ان يميل على جميعي

جمالك ان يميل على جميعي

My beloved, some of this is enough; far be it from

My love, some of this is enough, and far be it

Your beauty to bear down on all of me.

That your beauty would lean upon all of me.

ببعض هواك قد مزقت كفي

ببعض هواك قد مزقت كفي

ولا عجب لتمزيق الجميع

ولا عجب لتمزيق الجميع

With but a little love of you, my palm has been torn,

With some of your love, you have torn my palm,

And no wonder if my whole being is torn.

And it's no wonder that you would tear all of me.

بحق هواك عود وانعطاف

بحق هواك عود وانعطاف

فما لي عن وصالك من رجوع

فما لي عن وصالك من رجوع

By my love for you, return and turn tenderly toward me;

By the right of your love, return and turn back,

For I have no retreat from union with you.

For I have no return from your union.

عذولي في هواه عليك خفض

عذولي في هواه عليك خفض

بحق جنابه العالي الرفيع

بحق جنابه العالي الرفيع

O reproacher of my love for him, show restraint,

My being aloof in love for you has humbled me

By his lofty, exalted presence.

By the right of his high, lofty stature.

أاسمع قول شيطان رجيم

أاسمع قول شيطان رجيم

يلوم اعوذ بالله السميع

يلوم اعوذ بالله السميع

Shall I heed the words of an accursed devil

Do I hear the word of an accursed devil

Who reproaches me? I seek refuge in God, the All-Hearing.

Who blames - I take refuge in God, the All-Hearing?

بعيشك عاطني يا صاح سكرا

بعيشك عاطني يا صاح سكرا

فمن اهواه قد امسى ضجيعي

فمن اهواه قد امسى ضجيعي

By your life, give me intoxication, friend,

With your life, intoxicate me, oh companion of inebriation,

For the one I love has become my bedfellow tonight.

For the one I love has become my laying down.

وحي بشمس راحك وجه بدر

وحي بشمس راحك وجه بدر

وصل بسناءه الراح القطيعي

وصل بسناءه الراح القطيعي

And greet a full-moon face with the sun of your wine,

Inspire with the sun of your cheek, the full moon of your face,

And with its radiance unite the Qati‘i wine.

And join with his brilliance, the pleasant breeze.

ودع قول المفند واسقنيها

ودع قول المفند واسقنيها

مشعشعة لى ضوء الشموع

مشعشعة لى ضوء الشموع

And leave the faultfinder's words; give it to me to drink,

Leave off the words of the defamer, and give me to drink

Sparkling for me with the light of candles.

Glistening for me, the light of candles.

بكيت وفي ميلات التصابي

بكيت وفي ميلات التصابي

عليها اسبغت عمر الدروع

عليها اسبغت عمر الدروع

I wept, and amid the sways of youthful dalliance,

I cried, and in the inclination of yearning

Upon it I lavished a lifetime of armor.

Over it, I spent the age of shields.

نصال الماء قد صالت عليها

نصال الماء قد صالت عليها

الم تر كيف سالت كالنجيع

الم تر كيف سالت كالنجيع

The water's blades have charged against it;

The swords of water had assailed it -

Have you not seen how it flowed like fresh blood?

Don't you see how they flowed like lamentation?

رأت عادا وعادت وهي بكر

رأت عادا وعادت وهي بكر

تعلم حاتما حسن الصنيع

تعلم حاتما حسن الصنيع

It saw ‘Ad, and returned still a virgin;

She saw ruin and returned while still pure,

It teaches Hatim the beauty of good deeds.

Teaching Hatem excellence in doing good.

لها في عصرها الماضي حديث

لها في عصرها الماضي حديث

قديم جل من واش بديع

قديم جل من واش بديع

It has, in its bygone age, a tale,

For her in her past time there is ancient discourse,

Ancient and grand, from a wondrous tale-bearer.

Great in eloquence, unique in counsel.