أَيا جَبَلَي نَعمانَ بِاللَهِ خَلِّيا

أَيا جَبَلَي نَعمانَ بِاللَهِ خَلِّيا

سَبيلَ الصَبا يَخلُص إِلَيَّ نَسيمُها

سَبيلَ الصَبا يَخلُص إِلَيَّ نَسيمُها

O two mountains of Na'man, by God, make way

O mountains of Na'man, by Allah let

for the east wind, so its breeze may reach me.

The breeze of morning pass through to me

أَجِد بَردَها أَو تَشفِ مِنّي حَرارَةً

أَجِد بَردَها أَو تَشفِ مِنّي حَرارَةً

عَلى كَبِدٍ لَم يَبقَ إِلّا صَميمُها

عَلى كَبِدٍ لَم يَبقَ إِلّا صَميمُها

Let me feel its coolness, or let it soothe the burning in me,

May I feel its coolness, or may it heal

upon a liver with nothing left but its innermost core.

A liver that holds nothing but its core

فَإِنَّ الصَبا ريحٌ إِذا ما تَنَسَّمَت

فَإِنَّ الصَبا ريحٌ إِذا ما تَنَسَّمَت

عَلى نَفسِ مَحزونٍ تَجَلَّت هُمومُها

عَلى نَفسِ مَحزونٍ تَجَلَّت هُمومُها

For the east wind is a wind that, whenever it breathes

For morning breeze, when it wafts gently

upon a sorrowful soul, its cares are dispelled.

Upon a grieving soul, soothes its pains

لَيالِيَ أَهلونا بِنَعمانَ جيرَةٌ

لَيالِيَ أَهلونا بِنَعمانَ جيرَةٌ

وَإِذ نَحنُ نُرضيها بِدارٍ نُقيمُها

وَإِذ نَحنُ نُرضيها بِدارٍ نُقيمُها

Those nights when our families were neighbors at Na'man,

Evenings made us neighbors of Na'man

and when we pleased her with a dwelling we established.

As we settled, pleasing them, in our homes

وَيا ريحُ مُرّي بِالدِيارِ فَخَبِّري

وَيا ريحُ مُرّي بِالدِيارِ فَخَبِّري

أَباقِيَةٌ أَم قَد تَعَفَّت رُسومُها

أَباقِيَةٌ أَم قَد تَعَفَّت رُسومُها

And O wind, pass by the dwellings, then tell me:

O wind that blows in the dwellings, inform:

Do they remain, or have their traces been effaced?

Do ruins still stand or have they wasted?

أَلا إِنَّ أَدوائي بِلَيلى قَديمَةٌ

أَلا إِنَّ أَدوائي بِلَيلى قَديمَةٌ

وَأَقتَلُ داءِ العاشِقينَ قَديمُها

وَأَقتَلُ داءِ العاشِقينَ قَديمُها

Behold, my ailments from Layla are long-standing,

My anguish for Layla is of old

and the deadliest of lovers' ailments is the long-standing one.

And best at slaying lovers' illness is its elder

تَذَكَّرتُ وَصلَ الناعِجيّاتِ بِالضُحى

تَذَكَّرتُ وَصلَ الناعِجيّاتِ بِالضُحى

وَلَذَّةَ عَيشٍ قَد تَوَلّى نَعيمُها

وَلَذَّةَ عَيشٍ قَد تَوَلّى نَعيمُها

I recalled reunion at al-Na'ijiyyat in the forenoon,

I recalled the mating of gazelles at dawn

and the delight of a life whose bliss has passed away.

And the joy of life now gone from its bliss

وَأَنتِ الَّتي هَيَّجتِ عَينِيَ بِالبُكا

وَأَنتِ الَّتي هَيَّجتِ عَينِيَ بِالبُكا

فَأَسجَمَ غَرباها فَطالَ سُجومُها

فَأَسجَمَ غَرباها فَطالَ سُجومُها

And you are she who stirred my eye to weeping,

You who stirred my eyes to weep

so its two tear ducts gushed, and long was its streaming.

So their tears flowed and gloom intensified

وَقَد قَذِيَت عَيني بِلَيلى وَأَتبَعَت

وَقَد قَذِيَت عَيني بِلَيلى وَأَتبَعَت

قَذاها وَقَد يَأتي عَلى العَينِ شومُها

قَذاها وَقَد يَأتي عَلى العَينِ شومُها

And my eye has been chafed by Layla, and she has added to

Layla's love tormented my eyes and pursued

its irritation; an eye's ill fortune may indeed bring it to ruin.

Their tears, though harm may yet visit them

خَليلَيَّ قوما بِالعِصابَةِ فَاِعصِبا

خَليلَيَّ قوما بِالعِصابَةِ فَاِعصِبا

عَلى كَبِدٍ لَم يَبقَ إِلّا رَميمُها

عَلى كَبِدٍ لَم يَبقَ إِلّا رَميمُها

My two friends, rise with the bandage and bind it

My friends, bandage with cloth

upon a liver with nothing left but its crumbling remains.

A liver that holds nothing left but shreds