أَيا مَن ريقُهُ خَمري

أَيا مَن ريقُهُ خَمري

وَمَن وَجنَتُهُ زَهري

وَمَن وَجنَتُهُ زَهري

O you whose saliva is my wine,

O you whose saliva is wine

and whose cheek is my blossom,

And whose cheeks are rosy

إِلى كَم يَرِدُ العَتبُ

إِلى كَم يَرِدُ العَتبُ

فَلا يَروى مِنَ العُذرِ

فَلا يَروى مِنَ العُذرِ

How long will reproach come to drink,

To what extent does reproach flow

yet remain unquenched by excuses?

That cannot be quenched by excuses

أَظُنُّ الوُدَّ قَد تَمَّت

أَظُنُّ الوُدَّ قَد تَمَّت

عَلَيهِ حيلَةُ الغَدرِ

عَلَيهِ حيلَةُ الغَدرِ

I think love has already been ensnared

I think love has been completed

by treachery's stratagem.

By the trickery of betrayal

وَإِلّا لِم غَدا الوَصلُ

وَإِلّا لِم غَدا الوَصلُ

أَسيراً في يَدِ الهَجرِ

أَسيراً في يَدِ الهَجرِ

Otherwise, why has union become

Otherwise why has intimacy

a captive in the hand of estrangement?

Become captive at separation's hands