عَذَلوني في الحُبِّ وَالعَذلُ يُغوي

عَذَلوني في الحُبِّ وَالعَذلُ يُغوي

وَرَمَوني بِالصَدِّ وَالصَدُّ يَكوي

وَرَمَوني بِالصَدِّ وَالصَدُّ يَكوي

They reproached me for love, and reproach leads astray.

They blamed me for love, though blame does seduce,

And they hurled rejection at me, and rejection sears.

And accused me of aloofness, though aloofness inflicts agony,

وَاِستَحَلَّوا غَزوي بِكُلِّ غَزالٍ

وَاِستَحَلَّوا غَزوي بِكُلِّ غَزالٍ

حَلَّ في حُبِّهِ قِتالي وَغَزوي

حَلَّ في حُبِّهِ قِتالي وَغَزوي

And they deemed it lawful to raid me with every gazelle

And made lawful my invasion by every gazelle

For love of whom, fighting and raiding me became lawful.

That settled in his love my fighting and invasion.

تَرَكونا ما بَينَ وَجدٍ وَشَوقٍ

تَرَكونا ما بَينَ وَجدٍ وَشَوقٍ

وَالمَطايا ما بَينَ سَوقٍ وَحَدوِ

وَالمَطايا ما بَينَ سَوقٍ وَحَدوِ

They left us between love's anguish and longing,

They left us between passion and longing,

And the mounts between driving and the camel-driver's song.

And the mounts between urging and restraint.

يا حَبيباً لَنا بِجيرونَ حَتّى

يا حَبيباً لَنا بِجيرونَ حَتّى

وَمَتى لِلغَرامِ نَهوى فَنَهوي

وَمَتى لِلغَرامِ نَهوى فَنَهوي

O beloved of ours in Jayrun—until when?

O beloved of ours in Jeroun until when

And how long shall we love passionately, and so fall?

Shall we yearn for love and satisfy our yearning?

أُهجُرونا إِن شِئتُمُ أَوصِلونا

أُهجُرونا إِن شِئتُمُ أَوصِلونا

قَد شَرِبنا مِن كُلِّ مُرٍّ وَحُلوِ

قَد شَرِبنا مِن كُلِّ مُرٍّ وَحُلوِ

Forsake us if you wish, or unite with us;

Estrange us, if you wish, or unite us,

We have drunk of all that is bitter and sweet.

For we have drunk of every bitter and sweet.