في الشفاهِ اللُّعسِ ما يشفي الألمْ

في الشفاهِ اللُّعسِ ما يشفي الألمْ

ودوا القلبِ فمٌ من فوقِ فمْ

ودوا القلبِ فمٌ من فوقِ فمْ

In dusky-red lips lies what heals pain.

In dry lips lies relief from pain

And the heart's cure is one mouth upon another.

And remedy for the heart, a mouth above a mouth

عقدَ الحبُّ شروطاً بيننا

عقدَ الحبُّ شروطاً بيننا

وفمي أمضى عليها وختمْ

وفمي أمضى عليها وختمْ

Love laid down terms between us,

Love has bound us to conditions

and my mouth signed and sealed them.

And my mouth agreed and signed

وأرى ذا الحبَّ سرّاً فالشفا

وأرى ذا الحبَّ سرّاً فالشفا

هُ على كتمانهِ تعطي القسمْ

هُ على كتمانهِ تعطي القسمْ

And I regard this love as a secret, so the lips

And I see this love as a secret, so healing

swear an oath to keep it hidden.

Is in keeping it, I take an oath

بأبي هذا الجمالَ وأبي

بأبي هذا الجمالَ وأبي

لم يلدني لسواهُ لم ولمْ

لم يلدني لسواهُ لم ولمْ

May my father be ransom for this beauty! And my father

By the beauty of my father, and my father

did not beget me for anything else—no, and no!

Did not give birth to me for any other, no, no

يا أميرَ الحُسنِ ما تأمرنا

يا أميرَ الحُسنِ ما تأمرنا

كلُّنا في دَولَةِ الحُسنِ خَدَمْ

كلُّنا في دَولَةِ الحُسنِ خَدَمْ

O prince of beauty, what do you bid us do?

Oh prince of beauty, command us

We are all servants in beauty's realm.

We are all servants in the state of beauty

أترى كوِّنت من كلِّ دمٍ

أترى كوِّنت من كلِّ دمٍ

فلذا حنَّ إليكَ كلُّ دمْ

فلذا حنَّ إليكَ كلُّ دمْ

Were you, I wonder, fashioned from everyone's blood,

Do you see I was made from every blood

and is that why everyone's blood yearns for you?

So every blood yearns for you

ولمَ الصدُّ أما آنَ لما

ولمَ الصدُّ أما آنَ لما

شتّتَ الهجرانُ مني أن يُلَمْ

شتّتَ الهجرانُ مني أن يُلَمْ

And why this turning away? Is it not time for what

Why the aloofness, is it not time for what

estrangement has scattered of me to be gathered together?

Separation has scattered from me to be gathered

نحمدُ اللهَ فإنَّ الشمسَ لو

نحمدُ اللهَ فإنَّ الشمسَ لو

فعلتْ فعلكَ عشنا في ظُلَمْ

فعلتْ فعلكَ عشنا في ظُلَمْ

We praise God, for if the sun

We praise Allah, for if the sun

acted as you do, we would live in darkness.

Did as you do, we would live in darkness