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Welcome the visitor to my tomb

أهلا بطيف زائر مرقدي

1. Welcome the visitor to my tomb
However did he find his way, my ransom, to one seeking guidance?

١. أَهلاً بِطَيفٍ زائِرٍ مَرقَدي
أَنّى اِهتَدى أَفديهِ من مُهتَدي

2. However did he find by night, a lover
Who hides his sickness on the lute?

٢. أَنّى اِهتَدى لَيلاً إِلى عاشِقٍ
يخفَى مِنَ السُقمِ عَلى العُوَّدِ

3. So I imagined the mole on his cheek
A dewdrop above a tender rose

٣. فَخِلتُ أَنَّ الخالَ في خَدِّهِ
نُقطَةُ نَدٍّ فَوقَ وردٍ نَدي

4. And he made excuses to me about penetrating cold
Yet the affliction of my heart from him has not cooled

٤. وَاِفتَرَّ لي عَن بَرَدٍ جامِدٍ
غُلَّةُ قَلبي مِنهُ لَم تَبرُدُ

5. I said to him - how much wrong you do in love,
Oppressed against your servant, O my Master

٥. قُلتُ لَهُ كَم تَعتَدي في الهَوى
ظُلماً عَلى عَبدِكَ يا سَيِّدي

6. So he said then - who is the oppressor?
I said - the one who said: who is the oppressor?

٦. فَقالَ إِذ ذاكَ من المُعتَدي
قُلتُ الَّذي قالَ من المُعتَدي