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With longing from afar, I came to her

جنة من هيام

1. With longing from afar, I came to her
And found, if passion had a first, 'twas her

١. من الغيب أسرى إليها الولهْ
فكانت لوجد الهوى أولهْ

2. She sleeps to rhythms of melodies
A prayer for our secret trysting place

٢. تنام على رقصة الأغنيات
صلاة على سرنا منزلةْ

3. In her lanes, warmth we see it there
Bewitching the core of its flame’s flare

٣. لحاراتها الدفء أنَّا نراهْ
تحار به مهجة مشعلهْ

4. Embraced by shadows, ardently, lovingly
As if the dew had soaked it thoroughly

٤. يعانقها الظل بوحا وعشقا
كأن الندى ظلَّها بللهْ

5. She seems a garden of daydreams to me
Her pillows heavy with love’s reverie

٥. كأني بها جنة من هيام
مطارحها بالهوى مثقلةْ

6. Her flowers dangling as though they were
Lanterns from her magic hanging there

٦. وأزهارها قد تدلت كما
مصابيح من سحرها مسدلهْ

7. Her doors where perfume had fallen asleep
You'd think some leaning towards others in a heap

٧. وأبوابها نام فيها الرحيقُ
تراها على بعضها مقبلهْ

8. She sips like a cloud of fragrant air
With the scent of her evenings rich and rare

٨. تشف كما غيمة من عبير
بعطر مساءاتها مثقلهْ

9. To the starry-eyed, the lover's ode
And their sighs through the horizon's breadth flowed

٩. لشهباء أرجوزة العاشقين
وآهاتهم في المدى مرسلهْ

10. In her is all the charm of dawn kept hid
And what stirs wrapped in visions, from the first glance did

١٠. لها ما يخبئ سحر الصباح
وما ينطوي في الرؤى من ولهْ