خَلِيلَيَّ بُثّا ما أَملت عَلَيكُما

خَلِيلَيَّ بُثّا ما أَملت عَلَيكُما

دُموعي فَإِنِّي ما أُريدُ الهَوى سِرّا

دُموعي فَإِنِّي ما أُريدُ الهَوى سِرّا

My two friends, reveal what has been dictated to you

My two friends, I have shed my tears over you both

by my tears, for I do not want love kept secret.

For I do not desire love to remain a secret

أَصابَكُما بَرحُ الغَرامِ لَعَلَّهُ

أَصابَكُما بَرحُ الغَرامِ لَعَلَّهُ

يُمَهِّدُ لي ما بَينَ قَلبَيكُما عُذرا

يُمَهِّدُ لي ما بَينَ قَلبَيكُما عُذرا

May love's torment strike you both; perhaps it

May the mornings of love afflict you both

will make room for an excuse for me between your two hearts.

That it may pave the way of excuse between your two hearts

سَقى اللَّهُ أَيّاماً مِنَ الدَّهرِ لَم تَشِب

سَقى اللَّهُ أَيّاماً مِنَ الدَّهرِ لَم تَشِب

بِهِم كَأَنّا ما عَرَفنا بِها الدَّهرا

بِهِم كَأَنّا ما عَرَفنا بِها الدَّهرا

May God water days of time that never grew gray

God watered days of life that were not touched

with them—as though in those days we had never known time.

By them as if we had not known life through them

وَمائِلَةِ الأَعطافِ مِن نَشوَةِ الصِّبا

وَمائِلَةِ الأَعطافِ مِن نَشوَةِ الصِّبا

سَقَتني الهَوى صِرفاً وَرَنَّحَها سُكرا

سَقَتني الهَوى صِرفاً وَرَنَّحَها سُكرا

And a woman whose body swayed with youth's intoxication

The bending of supple waists from the intoxication of youth

gave me unmixed love to drink, and it made her reel with drunkenness.

Love made me drink it pure and its tipsiness sang

رَمَت عَينُها عَيني وَراحَت سَليمَةً

رَمَت عَينُها عَيني وَراحَت سَليمَةً

فَمَن حاكِمَ بَينَ الكَحيلَةِ وَالعَبرى

فَمَن حاكِمَ بَينَ الكَحيلَةِ وَالعَبرى

Her eye shot at mine and departed unscathed;

Her eyes shot my eyes and went safely

who, then, will judge between the kohl-dark eye and the tearful one?

So who will judge between kohl and tears?

فَيا طَرفُ قَد حَذَّرتُكَ النَّظرَةَ الَّتي

فَيا طَرفُ قَد حَذَّرتُكَ النَّظرَةَ الَّتي

خَلَستَ فَما راقَبتَ نَهياً وَلا أَمرا

خَلَستَ فَما راقَبتَ نَهياً وَلا أَمرا

So, O eye, I warned you against the glance that

So my glancing eye, I cautioned you against the look

you stole; yet you heeded neither prohibition nor command.

That you stole - you did not observe prohibition or order

وَيا قَلبُ قَد أَرداكَ مِن قَبلُ مَرَّة

وَيا قَلبُ قَد أَرداكَ مِن قَبلُ مَرَّة

فَوَيحَكَ لَو طاوَعتَهُ مَرَّة أُخرى

فَوَيحَكَ لَو طاوَعتَهُ مَرَّة أُخرى

And, O heart, it has already ruined you once before;

And oh my heart, I protected you once before

so woe to you if you obey it once again!

Woe to you if you obey it once again