يا أهيلَ الغَرام عزَّ المرام

يا أهيلَ الغَرام عزَّ المرام

من سُليمى وأَضناني الصُدود

من سُليمى وأَضناني الصُدود

O dear folk of love, what I seek is hard to win

O companions of passion, my aim is difficult

From Sulayma, and her rejection has wasted me away.

From Sulayma whose cheeks are cold

للرَنا في الحشى رشق السهام

للرَنا في الحشى رشق السهام

وَبِقَلبي من الفُرقه وقود

وَبِقَلبي من الفُرقه وقود

The gaze sends a volley of arrows into my breast,

My heart is pierced by arrows of song

And separation fuels a fire within my heart.

And my heart burns with the pain of parting

يا سقى اللَه لييلات الخيام

يا سقى اللَه لييلات الخيام

هَل ترى ما مَضى فيها يعود

هَل ترى ما مَضى فيها يعود

Ah, may God shower those dear little nights among the tents with rain!

O He who waters the nights of life

Do you think what passed in them will return?

Do you think what has passed will return?

ما سلا وَالنبي قَلبي الغَرام

ما سلا وَالنبي قَلبي الغَرام

ها دموعي وها وجدي شهود

ها دموعي وها وجدي شهود

By the Prophet, my heart has not forgotten love.

My heart did not ask except for passion

Here are my tears and my longing as witnesses.

How can I ask when I have not attained my wish

كَيفَ أَسلو وما نِلتُ المنى

كَيفَ أَسلو وما نِلتُ المنى

من حَبيبي ولا نلتُ اللِقا

من حَبيبي ولا نلتُ اللِقا

How can I forget, when I have not attained my wishes

From my beloved, or attained meeting

From my beloved, nor gained a meeting?

Alas, my sickness and grief have been prolonged

آه قد طال سقمي والضَنى

آه قد طال سقمي والضَنى

من جفا ذاك الرَشا ساجي المِقا

من جفا ذاك الرَشا ساجي المِقا

Ah, long have my sickness and wasting endured

By the cruelty of that charming gazelle

From the cruelty of that languid-eyed young gazelle.

No, but He who ordained the stars for us

لا ومن بالنَوى قدَّر لَنا

لا ومن بالنَوى قدَّر لَنا

ما لِصَبري على هجرٍ بَقا

ما لِصَبري على هجرٍ بَقا

No, by Him who decreed separation for us,

What can my patience do against constant estrangement?

My patience cannot survive abandonment.

Nothing can quench my anguish and sorrows

ما يطفّي غَليلي والأوام

ما يطفّي غَليلي والأوام

غير رشفَه لمبسَمه البَرود

غير رشفَه لمبسَمه البَرود

Nothing quenches my burning longing and thirst

Except a sip of his smile and cool beauty

Except a sip from his cool, smiling mouth.

After the distance of travel, my sleep is deception

بَعد بُعد المَزار نومي غرار

بَعد بُعد المَزار نومي غرار

وَدموعي على خَدّي غُروب

وَدموعي على خَدّي غُروب

Since the meeting-place is far away, my sleep comes in snatches,

And my tears flow down my cheek like sunset

And my tears stream down my cheek in bucketfuls.

So when, I wonder, will the dwellings draw near

فَمَتى يا تُرى تدنو الديار

فَمَتى يا تُرى تدنو الديار

وَتوافي مسرّاتُ القلوب

وَتوافي مسرّاتُ القلوب

So when, I wonder, will the dwellings draw near,

And the joys of hearts be fulfilled?

And the hearts' delights arrive,

When will fate undo these bonds

وَيفكُّ القضا هَذا الأسار

وَيفكُّ القضا هَذا الأسار

وَيجلّي الهَنا هذي الكروب

وَيجلّي الهَنا هذي الكروب

And fate undo this bondage,

And dispel this sorrow and gloom?

And joy dispel these sorrows,

When will I attain my wish, my friend

وَينيل المنى جاني الوشام

وَينيل المنى جاني الوشام

من وصاله ويوليني السعود

من وصاله ويوليني السعود

And the beauty-marked tormentor grant my wishes

Of union with him, and good fortune?

Through union with him, and bestow good fortune upon me?