غَزالٌ نَقَدْتُ له طاعتِي

غَزالٌ نَقَدْتُ له طاعتِي

وعَجَّلْتُ للوَصْلِ ذاك السَّلَمْ

وعَجَّلْتُ للوَصْلِ ذاك السَّلَمْ

To a gazelle I paid my obedience in cash,

A gazelle whom I gave my obedience

and hastened that advance payment for union.

And hastened the ladder for that reunion

وأقْسمتُ لا بُدَّ مِن وَصْلِهِ

وأقْسمتُ لا بُدَّ مِن وَصْلِهِ

وبالهَجْرِ والوَصْلِ يأْتِي القَسَمْ

وبالهَجْرِ والوَصْلِ يأْتِي القَسَمْ

And I swore: I must be united with him;

I swore it's inevitable we unite

and by estrangement and union the oath is sworn.

By estrangement and reunion comes destiny

ولامُ العِذَارِ على خَدِّهِ

ولامُ العِذَارِ على خَدِّهِ

لَعَمْرِي مُوَطِّئَةٌ لِلْقَسَمْ

لَعَمْرِي مُوَطِّئَةٌ لِلْقَسَمْ

And the lām-shaped down upon his cheek

Blaming his cheek is useless

is, by my life, a prelude to the oath.

By my life, it only affirms our fate