هَل بِاِدِّكارِ الحَبيبِ مِن حَرَجِ

هَل بِاِدِّكارِ الحَبيبِ مِن حَرَجِ

أَم هَل لِهَمِّ الفُؤادِ مِن فَرَجِ

أَم هَل لِهَمِّ الفُؤادِ مِن فَرَجِ

Can there be any blame in remembering the beloved?

Is there any blame in remembering the beloved?

Or any relief from the heart’s anguish?

Or is there any relief for the heart's sorrow?

أَم كَيفَ أَنسى مَسيرَنا حُرُماً

أَم كَيفَ أَنسى مَسيرَنا حُرُماً

يَومَ حَلَلنا بِالنَخلِ مِن أَمَجِ

يَومَ حَلَلنا بِالنَخلِ مِن أَمَجِ

Or how could I forget our journey, consecrated as pilgrims,

Or how can I forget our journey as consecrated pilgrims,

the day we encamped at al-Nakhl, coming from Amaj?

the day we alighted at the palm groves of Amaj;

يَومَ يَقولُ الرَسولُ قَد أَذِنَت

يَومَ يَقولُ الرَسولُ قَد أَذِنَت

فَأتِ عَلى غَيرِ رِقبَةٍ فَلِجِ

فَأتِ عَلى غَيرِ رِقبَةٍ فَلِجِ

That day the go-between said, “She has given leave—

the day the messenger says, 'She has given leave:

then come unobserved, and enter.”

so come with no one watching, then enter.'

أَقبَلتُ أَمشي إِلى رِحالِهِمُ

أَقبَلتُ أَمشي إِلى رِحالِهِمُ

في نَفحَةٍ نَحوَ ريحِها الأَرِجِ

في نَفحَةٍ نَحوَ ريحِها الأَرِجِ

I came forward, walking toward their tents,

I came walking toward their camp,

in a fragrant waft, toward her redolent scent.

in a breeze, toward her fragrant scent.

تَهوي يَداها بِشَفِّ زينَتِها

تَهوي يَداها بِشَفِّ زينَتِها

يُصِمُّني صَوتُ حَليِها الهَزِجِ

يُصِمُّني صَوتُ حَليِها الهَزِجِ

Her hands descend over the sheer fabric of her finery;

Her hands move down with her gauzy finery;

the lilting chime of her jewelry deafens me.

the sound of her jingling jewelry deafens me.

تَشِفُّ عَن واضِحٍ إِذا سَفَرَت

تَشِفُّ عَن واضِحٍ إِذا سَفَرَت

لَيسَ بِذي آمَةٍ وَلا سَمِجِ

لَيسَ بِذي آمَةٍ وَلا سَمِجِ

When she unveils, she reveals a radiant face,

She reveals a radiant face when she unveils,

bearing neither a blemish nor anything unsightly.

neither scarred nor ugly.