يا بَدر ما هَذا الجَفا وَالدَلال

يا بَدر ما هَذا الجَفا وَالدَلال

أَنعم وَجُد بِالوَصلِ يا مُنيتي

أَنعم وَجُد بِالوَصلِ يا مُنيتي

O full moon, what is this coldness and coyness?

O full moon, what is this aloofness and coquetry?

Be gracious and grant me union, O my heart's desire.

I found intimacy to be good, O my wish

ما حيلَتي ما لي بتيه الغَزال

ما حيلَتي ما لي بتيه الغَزال

من طاقة من ذا لحاه حَسبي رضاه

من طاقة من ذا لحاه حَسبي رضاه

What can I do? Against the gazelle's pride I have

I have no stratagem, I wander like a gazelle

no strength. Who would reproach him? His favor is enough for me,

With no strength, who has the patience for His consent?

يا رفقتي

يا رفقتي

بَدر بَدا يَسعى بِشمس المدام

بَدر بَدا يَسعى بِشمس المدام

O my companions!

O my company

A full moon appeared, hastening with the sun of wine;

The full moon began to pursue the sun of wine

وَخدّه يَحكي سَناها البَهي

وَخدّه يَحكي سَناها البَهي

وَعَنبر الخالِ بِطيب البشام

وَعَنبر الخالِ بِطيب البشام

And his cheek mirrors its splendid radiance.

And his cheek tells the tale of its radiance

And the ambergris of his beauty mark bears the fragrance of balsam.

And the musk on his mole with the fragrance of perfume

لَيتَ الَّذي أَهدى سَناه لي مِن شَذاه

لَيتَ الَّذي أَهدى سَناه لي مِن شَذاه

من قسمتي

من قسمتي

Would that he who bestowed his radiance granted me some of his fragrance

Would that he who gifted me his radiance from his affection were my fate

as my allotted share.

From my destiny

روحي فدى ظَبيٍ كَثير النفار

روحي فدى ظَبيٍ كَثير النفار

وَهبتهُ روحي فَلَم يَرتَضِ

وَهبتهُ روحي فَلَم يَرتَضِ

My soul is a ransom for a gazelle so quick to shy away.

I would ransom my soul for a gazelle, skittish and wary

I gave him my soul, but he would not accept it.

And I gave him my soul, but he was not content

جِسمي بِهِ بالي وَما لي اِصطِبار

جِسمي بِهِ بالي وَما لي اِصطِبار

عَن بغيتي لَولا جَفاه ما قُلت آه

عَن بغيتي لَولا جَفاه ما قُلت آه

My body wastes away for him, and I cannot endure

My body wearies of him, and I have no patience

being apart from my heart's desire; but for his coldness, I would not cry 'Ah!'

Were it not for his aloofness, I would not have sighed

يا جيرتي

يا جيرتي

عرِّض بذكري عِندَهُ يا نديم

عرِّض بذكري عِندَهُ يا نديم

O my neighbors!

O my neighbor

Allude to me in his presence, O drinking companion,

Remind him of me, O boon companion

وَقُل لَهُ اِرحم حال هَذا الشَجي

وَقُل لَهُ اِرحم حال هَذا الشَجي

وَاِشرَح لَهُ حالي وَقُل يا عَليم

وَاِشرَح لَهُ حالي وَقُل يا عَليم

And tell him, 'Have mercy on this sorrowful one's plight.'

And say to him: have mercy on the state of this passionate one

And explain my plight to him, and say, O you who know

And explain my condition to him and say, O All-Knowing One

في قِصَّتي أَنّي أَراه أَقصى مُناه

في قِصَّتي أَنّي أَراه أَقصى مُناه

في نظرة

في نظرة

my story: 'I see that his utmost wish lies

In my story, I see him as the furthest of goals

in a single glance.'

In a glance

قُم وَاِملأ لي كَأس الهَنا وَالسُرور

قُم وَاِملأ لي كَأس الهَنا وَالسُرور

لَدى المفدّى ذي المَقام العَلي

لَدى المفدّى ذي المَقام العَلي

Rise and fill me the cup of bliss and joy,

Arise and fill for me a cup of bliss and joy

In the presence of the one we would ransom, of exalted rank,

In the presence of the Redeemer, He of the Highest Station

مَليكنا العالي ولي الأُمور

مَليكنا العالي ولي الأُمور

ذي السَطوة وَاِنشر ثناه دامَت عُلاه

ذي السَطوة وَاِنشر ثناه دامَت عُلاه

Our exalted king, the guardian of affairs,

Our Master, the Exalted, Disposer of Affairs

Possessed of might; proclaim his praise—may his eminence endure

Of Absolute Power, may His Sublimity endure

في رفعة

في رفعة

in exaltation.

In loftiness