أَنا حَبرُ الهَوى حَبيبَينِ أَهوى

أَنا حَبرُ الهَوى حَبيبَينِ أَهوى

لَهُما الواشي قَد وَشى وَهوَ لايِم

لَهُما الواشي قَد وَشى وَهوَ لايِم

I am love’s scholar; I love two beloveds.

I am the ink of passion, loving two sweethearts

The slanderer has carried tales to them, reproaching.

For them the tattooist has tattooed, while he knows not

قُلتُ وَاللَّه باد مِن حَيث أَضحى

قُلتُ وَاللَّه باد مِن حَيث أَضحى

بَينَ غُصنَينِ ناشِراً لَحمَ عالِم

بَينَ غُصنَينِ ناشِراً لَحمَ عالِم

I said: By God, he has perished, for he has come to be

I said: by God, it disappeared from where it emerged

Between two boughs, spreading a scholar’s flesh.

Between two branches, spreading knowledgeable flesh