ماعاد لي بمطارد الصيد حاجه

ماعاد لي بمطارد الصيد حاجه

إلاغزالن صادني قبل اصيده

إلاغزالن صادني قبل اصيده

I no longer have any need to pursue game,

I no longer care for chasing prey,

Except for a gazelle who caught me before I could catch him.

Except for gazelles that come to me before I hunt them.

ريمن لبس في عالم الزين تاجه

ريمن لبس في عالم الزين تاجه

عزاه داري عن دياره بعيده

عزاه داري عن دياره بعيده

A white gazelle who donned his crown in the realm of beauty.

Riman wears the crown of beauty in this world,

Alas, my home is far from his.

While my home is far away from her abode.

خشفن طعن قلبي وعنده علاجه

خشفن طعن قلبي وعنده علاجه

ماله سلاحن غير عينه وجيده

ماله سلاحن غير عينه وجيده

A fawn pierced my heart, and with him lies its cure.

Her glances stab my heart, yet she has the cure,

He has no weapon but his eye and his neck.

Her only weapons are her eyes and cheeks.

إلى اظلمت دنياي ولع سراجه

إلى اظلمت دنياي ولع سراجه

يمشي على دربه فوادن يريده

يمشي على دربه فوادن يريده

When my world darkens, he lights his lamp.

Though my world grew dark, her lamp lit it up,

A heart that longs for him walks along his path.

My heart walks the path to her, desiring her.

ياعاذلين القلب هذي سذاجه

ياعاذلين القلب هذي سذاجه

خلوني آحبه واحبه وازيده

خلوني آحبه واحبه وازيده

O you who reproach the heart, this is folly.

O you who blame my heart, this is naivety!

Let me love him, and love him, and love him more.

Let me love her, love her more, give her more.

القلب قلبي والمخالج خلاجه

القلب قلبي والمخالج خلاجه

وكثر الحكي يااهل الحكي مايفيده

وكثر الحكي يااهل الحكي مايفيده

The heart is mine, and the stirrings are its own.

My heart is my heart, its wounds are bandages,

And all that talk, O talkers, does it no good.

And too much talk, O people, does not benefit it.