إن لم تُلِنْ عَطْفاً جَنانَكْ

إن لم تُلِنْ عَطْفاً جَنانَكْ

فأَلِنْ بوصلك لي لسانَكْ

فأَلِنْ بوصلك لي لسانَكْ

If you do not soften your heart out of compassion,

If your branches won't bend gently,

then soften your tongue toward me through union with you.

Then let your tongue speak softly to me,

واسْتَبِقْ مُهْجَةَ مُدْنَفٍ

واسْتَبِقْ مُهْجَةَ مُدْنَفٍ

ضَرَّجْتَ مِنْ دَمِه بنَانَكْ

ضَرَّجْتَ مِنْ دَمِه بنَانَكْ

And spare the life of a lovesick man,

And outrun the zeal of an impetuous one,

with whose blood you have stained your fingertips.

Whose blood has splattered your walls.

لو لم يُعِنْكَ عليّ لَحْ

لو لم يُعِنْكَ عليّ لَحْ

ظُكَ لم تَجِدْ شيئاً أَعانَكْ

ظُكَ لم تَجِدْ شيئاً أَعانَكْ

Had you not been aided against me by your

If Ali had not helped you against me,

glance, you would have found nothing to aid you.

You would have found nothing to aid you.

زَنْتَ الخلاخلَ والسُّمو

زَنْتَ الخلاخلَ والسُّمو

طَ بمثل ما الْخَلْخالُ زانَكْ

طَ بمثل ما الْخَلْخالُ زانَكْ

You adorned the anklets and the

You have adorned your anklets and wrists

necklaces just as the anklet adorned you.

With the likes of what a bangle adorns you.

لولا انتسابُك لِلأنا

لولا انتسابُك لِلأنا

م لكنتَ بَدراً أو لَكانَكْ

م لكنتَ بَدراً أو لَكانَكْ

Were it not for your belonging to

If not for your affiliation with the idols,

humankind, you would have been a full moon—or it would have been you.

You would have been Badr or a statue.