قَد عَزَّني الداءُ فَما لي دَواء

قَد عَزَّني الداءُ فَما لي دَواء

مِمّا أَلاقي مِن حَسانِ النِساء

مِمّا أَلاقي مِن حَسانِ النِساء

Illness has overpowered me; I have no cure

The disease has conquered me, and I have no cure,

For what I suffer from beautiful women.

From what I encounter among beautiful women.

قَلبٌ صَحيحٌ كُنتُ أَسطو بِهِ

قَلبٌ صَحيحٌ كُنتُ أَسطو بِهِ

أَصبَحَ مِن سَلمى بِداءٍ عَياءُ

أَصبَحَ مِن سَلمى بِداءٍ عَياءُ

A sound heart, with which I once wielded might,

A sound heart I once possessed, with which I used to strike,

Now suffers, because of Salma, from an incurable disease.

Has become, through Salma, struck by an incurable illness.

أَنفاسُها مِسكٌ وَفي طَرفِها

أَنفاسُها مِسكٌ وَفي طَرفِها

سِحرٌ وَما لي غَيرَها مِن دَواءِ

سِحرٌ وَما لي غَيرَها مِن دَواءِ

Her breath is musk, and in her glance

Her breaths are musk, and within her glance

Is magic; I have no remedy but her.

Lies magic, and I have no remedy but her.

وَعَدَتني وَعداً فأَوفي بِهِ

وَعَدَتني وَعداً فأَوفي بِهِ

هَل تَصلُحُ الخَمرَةُ إِلّا بِماءِ

هَل تَصلُحُ الخَمرَةُ إِلّا بِماءِ

She made me a promise—so be true to it!

She made me a promise—so fulfill it now!

Can wine be good except with water?

For is the wine ever fit to drink without water?

كَم كُربَةٍ قَد مَسَّني ضُرُّها

كَم كُربَةٍ قَد مَسَّني ضُرُّها

نادَيتُ فيها عَمرَ بنَ العَلاءِ

نادَيتُ فيها عَمرَ بنَ العَلاءِ

Many a hardship has brought me harm;

How many a distress has touched me with its harm,

Amid it I called upon Amr ibn al-Ala.

During which I called out to Amr ibn al-Ala.