إنif لمnot يكنbe عندكِwith you ماwhat عندناwith us
إن لم يكن عندكِ ما عندنا
فمنthen who رَمىafflicted الخَصْرَthe waist بهذاwith this الضَّنَىwasting sickness
فمن رَمى الخَصْرَ بهذا الضَّنَى
If you do not feel what we feel,
If you do not have what we have
then who has afflicted your waist with this wasting?
Then who has thrown this waist with such disdain?
ماwhat لكِwith you تخفينَyou conceal الهوىlove والهوىand love
ما لكِ تخفينَ الهوى والهوى
يقولُsays فيin عينيكِyour eyes ليto me هاhere أناI
يقولُ في عينيكِ لي ها أنا
Why do you conceal love, when love
Why do you hide love when love
says to me in your eyes, "Here I am"?
Says in your eyes: Here I am!
وتلكَand those أنفاسكِyour breaths نمّامةٌtelltale
وتلكَ أنفاسكِ نمّامةٌ
وبينَand between نهديكِyour breasts أرىI see مَكْمناa hiding place
وبينَ نهديكِ أرى مَكْمنا
And those breaths of yours are telltale,
And those are your breaths, blaming,
and between your breasts I see a hiding place.
Between your breasts I see an ambush
حسبيَenough for me ذاthis الوجهُthe face وألوانهُand its hues
حسبيَ ذا الوجهُ وألوانهُ
وماand not دليلُproof الشمسِthe sun إلاexcept السَّناradiance
وما دليلُ الشمسِ إلا السَّنا
This face and its hues are enough for me;
It is enough, this face and its colors
and the sun's only proof is its radiance.
And the sun's proof is only radiance
كُفيrestrain ظنونَsuspicions الناسِthe people واستنكفيand shrink from
كُفي ظنونَ الناسِ واستنكفي
أنthat تجريwag الألسنُtongues يوماًone day بناabout us
أن تجري الألسنُ يوماً بنا
Put people's suspicions to rest, and shrink from
Stop people's suspicions and refuse
letting tongues wag about us one day.
That tongues would speak of us one day
الاdo ... not? تَرَيْنَyou see الطيرَthe birds فيin راحةٍease
الا تَرَيْنَ الطيرَ في راحةٍ
منsince يومِthe day أمسىbecame بالهوىof love معلناopenly proclaiming
من يومِ أمسى بالهوى معلنا
Do you not see the birds at ease
Do you not see the birds at ease
since the day they began proclaiming their love?
Since yesterday declared in love
وماand not كتمناwe concealed إذwhen كتمناwe concealed الجوىlove's anguish
وما كتمنا إذ كتمنا الجوى
إلاexcept كماjust as تخفيhide الغصونُthe branches الجنىthe fruit
إلا كما تخفي الغصونُ الجنى
And when we concealed our heartache, we hid it
We only hid the passion when we hid it
only as branches hide their fruit.
As branches hide the fruit
والحبُّand love فيin الصدرِthe breast بخارٌvapor إذاif
والحبُّ في الصدرِ بخارٌ إذا
حسبتهُyou supposed it هناhere جرىflowed منfrom هُناhere
حسبتهُ هنا جرى من هُنا
And love in the breast is vapor: if
And love in the chest is vapor, so
you suppose it is here, it flows out from here.
If you think it is here, it flows from there
كلاboth فؤاديناour two hearts امتلاfilled up بالهوىwith love
كلا فؤادينا امتلا بالهوى
وفاضَand overflowed حتىuntil ملاfilled الأعيناthe eyes
وفاضَ حتى ملا الأعينا
Both our hearts filled with love,
No, our hearts filled with passion
and overflowed until they filled our eyes.
And overflowed till it filled the eyes
وأيُّand what ذنبٍfault للإناءِfor the vessel الذيthat
وأيُّ ذنبٍ للإناءِ الذي
يفيضُoverflows إنif أنتَyou ملأتَyou filled الإناthe vessel
يفيضُ إن أنتَ ملأتَ الإنا
And what fault lies with the vessel that
And what fault of the vessel
overflows if you yourself have filled it?
That overflows if you filled it
لاdo not تعجبيmarvel مماat what يُمنّيholds out hopes الهوىlove
لا تعجبي مما يُمنّي الهوى
ماnot فيin يدِthe hand العشاقِthe lovers إلاexcept المنىwishes
ما في يدِ العشاقِ إلا المنى
Do not marvel at what love promises;
Do not wonder what love wishes me
lovers hold nothing in their hands but wishes.
Lovers have nothing but wishes
قدindeed نالَattained بعدَafter العشقِlove أطماعهُhis desires
قد نالَ بعدَ العشقِ أطماعهُ
منwho نالَattained بعدَafter الكيمياِءalchemy الغنىwealth
من نالَ بعدَ الكيمياِء الغنى
He has attained his desires through love
Who attained his hopes after love
who has attained riches through alchemy.
Attained wealth after chemistry