إذا ما بكيتُ فنحْ يا حمامْ

إذا ما بكيتُ فنحْ يا حمامْ

وطارحْ أخاكَ شجونَ الغرامْ

وطارحْ أخاكَ شجونَ الغرامْ

Whenever I weep, lament, O doves.

When I cry, O dove extend

And share with your brother the sorrows of love.

Your brotherly sorrow and lament

ويا نفحاتُ الصباحِ احملي

ويا نفحاتُ الصباحِ احملي

بجيبِ الصبا نفحاتِ السلامْ

بجيبِ الصبا نفحاتِ السلامْ

And, O morning breezes, carry

And morning breeze gently bear

In the east wind's bosom wafts of peace.

To the heart of my beloved youth my wish of peace

ومرِّي بتلكَ الديارِ التي

ومرِّي بتلكَ الديارِ التي

بكيتُ عليها بكاءَ الغمامْ

بكيتُ عليها بكاءَ الغمامْ

And pass by those dwellings over which

Pass by the abode where

I wept as the clouds weep.

I wept like clouds weep rain

فكم زمنٍ هامَ فيها الفؤادُ

فكم زمنٍ هامَ فيها الفؤادُ

بينَ الفتاةِ وبينَ الغلامْ

بينَ الفتاةِ وبينَ الغلامْ

For many a time the heart was enraptured there,

How long my heart languished there

Between the maiden and the young man.

Between the lass and the lad

بكيتَ لصحبي فابكيتهمْ

بكيتَ لصحبي فابكيتهمْ

وكم مستهامٍ بكى مستهامْ

وكم مستهامٍ بكى مستهامْ

You wept for my companions and so made them weep;

I wept for my friends and made them weep

And many a lovesick soul has been wept for by another.

Many a lovesick lad cried for his lovesick chums

وذو الشوقِ يرثي لأخوانهِ

وذو الشوقِ يرثي لأخوانهِ

كذي السقمِ يرحمُ أهلَ السقامْ

كذي السقمِ يرحمُ أهلَ السقامْ

And one who longs pities his brothers,

He who yearns laments his brethren

As one who is ill has pity on the sick.

Like the sick pity the diseased

الا فرعى اللهُ ذاكَ الأنيسَ

الا فرعى اللهُ ذاكَ الأنيسَ

وإن كانَ روَّعنا بالخصامْ

وإن كانَ روَّعنا بالخصامْ

Ah, may God protect that dear companion,

God watch over that charming friend

Even though he had frightened us with quarrels.

Though he distressed us with his quarrel

هو البدرُ لكنهُ ظالمٌ

هو البدرُ لكنهُ ظالمٌ

وذلكَ يكشفُ عنا الظلامْ

وذلكَ يكشفُ عنا الظلامْ

He is the full moon, yet he is unjust,

He is the moon but eclipsed

While that moon dispels the darkness from us.

Which soon shall reveal the dark

وقالَ صحابي خذ في المنى

وقالَ صحابي خذ في المنى

فقلتُ أراهُ ولو في المنامْ

فقلتُ أراهُ ولو في المنامْ

And my companions said, 'Give yourself to wishing.'

A friend said head for her abode

So I said, 'I would see him, even if only in a dream.'

I said I see it though in a dream

ومن لي بذاكَ الرضابِ الذي

ومن لي بذاكَ الرضابِ الذي

أرى كلَّ خمرٍ سواهُ حرامْ

أرى كلَّ خمرٍ سواهُ حرامْ

And who will bring me that sweet saliva,

Where is that tavern where

Apart from which I deem every wine forbidden?

All other wine tastes bland but its own

لقد هجرَ الحبُّ جلَّ القلوب

لقد هجرَ الحبُّ جلَّ القلوب

ولكنهُ في ضلوعي أقامْ

ولكنهُ في ضلوعي أقامْ

Love has indeed forsaken most hearts,

Though love deserted most hearts

Yet it has settled within my ribs.

In my ribs it chose to dwell