أَجِدَّكِ يا حَماماتٍ بِطَوقٍ

أَجِدَّكِ يا حَماماتٍ بِطَوقٍ

فَقَد هَيَّجتِ مَشغوفاً حَزينا

فَقَد هَيَّجتِ مَشغوفاً حَزينا

Are you in earnest, O ring-necked doves?

I find you, o ring-necked doves

For you have stirred a sorrowful, love-stricken man.

You've stirred a melancholy lover

أَغَرَّكِ يا حَماماتٍ بِطَوقٍ

أَغَرَّكِ يا حَماماتٍ بِطَوقٍ

بِأَنّي لا أَنامُ وَتَهجَعينا

بِأَنّي لا أَنامُ وَتَهجَعينا

Has it deceived you, O ring-necked doves,

Does it fool you, o ring-necked doves

that I do not sleep while you slumber,

That I do not sleep while you slumber?

وَأَنّي قَد بَراني الحُبُّ حَتّى

وَأَنّي قَد بَراني الحُبُّ حَتّى

ضَنِنتُ وَما أَراكِ تَغَيَّرينا

ضَنِنتُ وَما أَراكِ تَغَيَّرينا

and that love has wasted me away until

That love has afflicted me so

I grew miserly, while I see you unchanged?

I've become sickly while you stay the same

أَرادَ اللَهُ مَحلَكِ في السُلامى

أَرادَ اللَهُ مَحلَكِ في السُلامى

إِلى مَن بِالحَنينِ تَشَوَّقينا

إِلى مَن بِالحَنينِ تَشَوَّقينا

God willed your dwelling in al-Sulama;

God has willed your place to be in peace

toward whom do you yearn with your plaintive cooing?

To one who longs and yearns for you

وَلَستِ وَإِن حَنَنتِ أَشَدَّ وَجداً

وَلَستِ وَإِن حَنَنتِ أَشَدَّ وَجداً

وَلَكِنّي أُسِرُّ وَتُعلِنينا

وَلَكِنّي أُسِرُّ وَتُعلِنينا

Nor are you, though you coo, more intense in longing;

And even if you show tenderness, I'm in greater agony

but I conceal it, while you proclaim it.

Yet I confide while you proclaim

وَبي مِثلُ الَّذي بِكِ غَيرَ أَنّي

وَبي مِثلُ الَّذي بِكِ غَيرَ أَنّي

أَحُلُّ عَنِ العِقالِ وَتَعقِلينا

أَحُلُّ عَنِ العِقالِ وَتَعقِلينا

And I feel the same as you, except that I

And I'm like you, except that

break free of the tether, while you keep your reason.

I lose my reason while you keep yours

أَما وَاللَهِ غَيرَ قِلىً وَبُغضٍ

أَما وَاللَهِ غَيرَ قِلىً وَبُغضٍ

أُسِرُّ وَلَم أَزَل جَزِعاً حَزينا

أُسِرُّ وَلَم أَزَل جَزِعاً حَزينا

Indeed, by God, it is not aversion or hatred

By God, nothing but aversion and hate

that I conceal; I have always been anguished and sorrowful.

I confide, and have always been sad and woeful

لَقَد جَعَلَت دَواوينُ الغَواني

لَقَد جَعَلَت دَواوينُ الغَواني

سِوى ديوانِ لَيلى يَمَّحينا

سِوى ديوانِ لَيلى يَمَّحينا

The records of fair women have indeed begun,

The diaries of lovers have made

except for Layla's record, to be erased.

All but Layla's diary fade

فَقِدماً كُنتِ أَرجى الناسِ عِندي

فَقِدماً كُنتِ أَرجى الناسِ عِندي

وَأَقدَرَهُم عَلى ما تَطلُبينا

وَأَقدَرَهُم عَلى ما تَطلُبينا

For long ago, you were my greatest hope among people,

Once you were the most hoped for to me

and the most capable of them of attaining what you seek.

And most capable of what you seek

أَلا لا تَنسِيَن رَوعاتِ قَلبي

أَلا لا تَنسِيَن رَوعاتِ قَلبي

وَعِصياني عَلَيكِ العاذِلينا

وَعِصياني عَلَيكِ العاذِلينا

Take heed: never forget the terrors of my heart,

Do not forget my heart's tremors

and my defiance, for your sake, of those who reproached me.

And my defiance of those who blame me