إِنَّ الحَبيبَ أَلَمَّ بِالرَكبِ

إِنَّ الحَبيبَ أَلَمَّ بِالرَكبِ

لَيلاً فَباتَ مُجانِباً صَحبي

لَيلاً فَباتَ مُجانِباً صَحبي

Indeed, the beloved visited the caravan

The beloved pained me at nightfall

by night, then spent the night apart from my companions.

And passed the night estranged from me

فَفَزِعتُ مِن نَومِ عَلى وَسَنٍ

فَفَزِعتُ مِن نَومِ عَلى وَسَنٍ

وَذَكَرتُ ما قَد هاجَ مِن نُصبي

وَذَكَرتُ ما قَد هاجَ مِن نُصبي

Then I woke with a start from sleep, still drowsy,

I awoke in fright from a dream-filled sleep

and remembered the anguish that had arisen in me.

And recalled the adversity that plagued me

زارَت رُمَيلَةُ زائِراً في صُحبَةٍ

زارَت رُمَيلَةُ زائِراً في صُحبَةٍ

أَحبِب بِها زَوراً عَلى عَتبِ

أَحبِب بِها زَوراً عَلى عَتبِ

Rumayla visited a guest among companions.

Rumaylah came visiting in the company of friends

How dear she was as a visitor, despite reproach—

With whom I feigned affection at her threshold

زَوراً لَعَمري شَفَّ قَلبي ذِكرُهُ

زَوراً لَعَمري شَفَّ قَلبي ذِكرُهُ

سَكَنَ الغَديرَ فَلَيسَ مِن شَعبي

سَكَنَ الغَديرَ فَلَيسَ مِن شَعبي

a visitor, by my life, whose remembrance wore my heart thin,

Feigned, by my life - the memory soothed my heart

who dwelt at al-Ghadir, and so was not of my valley.

The pool grew still, no longer a raging sea

وَأَنا اِمرُؤٌ بِقَرارِ مَكَّةَ مَسكِني

وَأَنا اِمرُؤٌ بِقَرارِ مَكَّةَ مَسكِني

وَلَها هَوايَ فَقَد سَبَت قَلبي

وَلَها هَوايَ فَقَد سَبَت قَلبي

And I am a man whose home lies in Mecca's lowlands,

I who dwell in Mecca, my abode,

and my love is hers, for she has taken my heart captive.

Am enamored of her, she captivated my heart

وَلَقَد حَفِظتُ وَما نَسيتُ مَقالَها

وَلَقَد حَفِظتُ وَما نَسيتُ مَقالَها

عِندَ الرَحيلِ هَجَرَتنا حِبّي

عِندَ الرَحيلِ هَجَرَتنا حِبّي

And I have indeed kept her words in mind and not forgotten them,

I remember still and have not forgotten her words

at departure: "You have forsaken us, my beloved."

When we parted, she deserted me, my love

وَبَدَت لَنا عِندَ الفِراقِ بِكُربَةٍ

وَبَدَت لَنا عِندَ الفِراقِ بِكُربَةٍ

وَلَنا بِذَلِكَ أَفضَلُ الكَربِ

وَلَنا بِذَلِكَ أَفضَلُ الكَربِ

And she appeared to us at parting in anguish,

At our separation, grief showed itself to us

and ours, because of that, was the greater anguish.

Yet in that is my finest agony

قالَت رُمَيلَةُ حينَ جِئتُ مُوَدِّعاً

قالَت رُمَيلَةُ حينَ جِئتُ مُوَدِّعاً

ظُلماً بِلا تِرَةٍ وَلا ذَنبِ

ظُلماً بِلا تِرَةٍ وَلا ذَنبِ

Rumayla said when I came to bid farewell,

Rumaylah said when I came to bid farewell

unjustly, without grievance or fault:

Unjustly, without fault or crime

هَذا الَّذي وَلّى فَأَجمَعَ رِحلَةً

هَذا الَّذي وَلّى فَأَجمَعَ رِحلَةً

وَاِبتاعَ مِنّا البُعدَ بِالقُربِ

وَاِبتاعَ مِنّا البُعدَ بِالقُربِ

"This is the one who turned away and resolved to depart,

"This one who turned away and journeyed off

and bought distance from us at the price of closeness."

And bought from us distance in place of nearness"

فَأَجَبتُها وَالدَمعُ مِنّي مُسبِلٌ

فَأَجَبتُها وَالدَمعُ مِنّي مُسبِلٌ

سَكبٌ وَدَمعي دائِمُ السَكبِ

سَكبٌ وَدَمعي دائِمُ السَكبِ

So I answered her, with tears streaming from me,

I answered her, with copious tears flowing from me

pouring forth—and my tears were unceasing in their flow:

Pouring down while my weeping poured forth

إِن قَد سَلَوتُ عَنِ النِساءِ سِواكُمُ

إِن قَد سَلَوتُ عَنِ النِساءِ سِواكُمُ

وَهَجَرتُهُنَّ فَحُبُّكُم طِبّي

وَهَجَرتُهُنَّ فَحُبُّكُم طِبّي

"If indeed I have ceased to long for women other than you,

"I have asked about women other than you

and forsaken them, then your love is my remedy."

And shunned them - for your love is my delight"