يا ثُرَيّا الفُؤادِ رُدّي السَلاما

يا ثُرَيّا الفُؤادِ رُدّي السَلاما

وَصِلينا وَلا تَبُتّي الزِمامَ

وَصِلينا وَلا تَبُتّي الزِمامَ

O Thurayya of my heart, return my greeting.

O Thurayya of my heart, return my greetings,

And keep ties with us; do not sever the rein.

And join us, do not sever the bond,

وَاِذكُري لَيلَةَ المَطارِفِ وَالوَب

وَاِذكُري لَيلَةَ المَطارِفِ وَالوَب

لِ وَإِرسالَنا إِلَيكِ الغُلاما

لِ وَإِرسالَنا إِلَيكِ الغُلاما

And remember the night of the bordered cloaks and the downpour,

And remember the night of parting and tears shed,

and our sending the boy to you

When we sent the boy to you with a message,

بِحَديثٍ إِن أَنتِ لَم تَقبَليهِ

بِحَديثٍ إِن أَنتِ لَم تَقبَليهِ

لَم أُنازِعكِ ما حَيِيتُ الكَلاما

لَم أُنازِعكِ ما حَيِيتُ الكَلاما

with a message—if you do not accept it,

With talk - if you do not accept it,

I will exchange no words with you for as long as I live.

I will not dispute you as long as I live to speak,

وَاِذكُري مَجلِساً لَدى جانِبِ القَص

وَاِذكُري مَجلِساً لَدى جانِبِ القَص

رِ عَشيّاً وَمُقسَمي أَقساما

رِ عَشيّاً وَمُقسَمي أَقساما

And remember a meeting beside the palace,

And remember a sitting by the palace side at night,

in the evening, and the oaths I swore

And my vows in parts,

في لَيالٍ مِنهُنَّ لَيَلةَ باتَت

في لَيالٍ مِنهُنَّ لَيَلةَ باتَت

ناقَتي والِهاً تَجُرُّ الزِماما

ناقَتي والِهاً تَجُرُّ الزِماما

on nights, among them one when

On nights one of which my she-camel spent the night walking to you,

my she-camel spent the night distraught, dragging her rein.

The rain washing off her saddle - I do not care

يَغسِلُ القَطرُ رَحلَها لا أُبالي

يَغسِلُ القَطرُ رَحلَها لا أُبالي

أَن تَبُلَّ السَماءُ عَضباً حُساما

أَن تَبُلَّ السَماءُ عَضباً حُساما

The rain washes her saddle; I do not care

If the clouds pour down angrily,

if the sky drenches a sharp, keen-edged sword.

Whether you moved away or the covenant passed,

إِن تَكوني نَزَحتِ أَو قَدُمَ العَه

إِن تَكوني نَزَحتِ أَو قَدُمَ العَه

دُ فَما زايلَ الوِدادُ العِظاما

دُ فَما زايلَ الوِدادُ العِظاما

If you have gone far away, or our bond has grown old,

Love for you does not leave my bones,

love has not left my bones.

Who could forget - she did not forget him

مَن يَكُن ناسِياً فَلَم أَنسَ مِنها

مَن يَكُن ناسِياً فَلَم أَنسَ مِنها

وَهيَ تُذري لِذاكَ دَمعاً سِجاما

وَهيَ تُذري لِذاكَ دَمعاً سِجاما

Whoever may forget, I have not forgotten her,

And she sheds for him a copious tear,

as she shed streaming tears over that,

The day she said, her tears washing her cheek:

يَومَ قالَت وَدَمعُها يَغسِلُ الكُح

يَومَ قالَت وَدَمعُها يَغسِلُ الكُح

لَ أَرَدتَ الغَداةَ مِنّا اِنصِراما

لَ أَرَدتَ الغَداةَ مِنّا اِنصِراما

the day she said, her tears washing away the kohl:

"In the morning you wanted to leave us"

"You wished this morning to part from us.

You broke your vow to us and obeyed

حُلتَ عَن عَهدِنا وَطاوَعتَ حُسّا

حُلتَ عَن عَهدِنا وَطاوَعتَ حُسّا

داً قَديماً كانوا عَلَيكَ رِغاما

داً قَديماً كانوا عَلَيكَ رِغاما

You turned away from our pledge and yielded to enviers

An envious one who had always hated you,

who had long been hostile toward you."

I said: "You did not desire this, nor did I obey the slanderer"

قُلتُ لَم تُصرَمي وَلَم نُطِعِ الوا

قُلتُ لَم تُصرَمي وَلَم نُطِعِ الوا

شي وَقَد زِدتِ ذا الفُؤادَ غَراما

شي وَقَد زِدتِ ذا الفُؤادَ غَراما

I said, "You have not been forsaken, nor have we obeyed the talebearer;

And indeed you increased this heart in passion.

and you have indeed increased this heart's passion."