لم تُمحَ بالدَّمعِ بعدَ البَينِ آماقي

لم تُمحَ بالدَّمعِ بعدَ البَينِ آماقي

وها فُؤادي مَعي بَعد النَّوى باقِ

وها فُؤادي مَعي بَعد النَّوى باقِ

My eyes' inner corners were not worn away by tears after parting,

The tears of parting are still wet upon my cheek,

and here my heart remains with me after separation.

And still my heart remains with my beloved.

ردَدتُ كأسَ غَرامي وهيَ مترعةٌ

ردَدتُ كأسَ غَرامي وهيَ مترعةٌ

كَما سقيتُ بِها صِرفاً عَلى الساقي

كَما سقيتُ بِها صِرفاً عَلى الساقي

I returned the cup of my passion, still brimming,

I drank the wine of love though it was bitter,

to the cupbearer, just as I had been served unmixed wine in it.

As I had poured it for the cupbearer.

وصارَ قَلبيَ لا يَشتاقُ مُذ حكمَت

وصارَ قَلبيَ لا يَشتاقُ مُذ حكمَت

يدُ الملامَةِ فيهِ غيرَ مُشتاقِ

يدُ الملامَةِ فيهِ غيرَ مُشتاقِ

And my heart no longer yearns, ever since

Since you decided, my heart no longer yearns,

the hand of reproach ruled over it, leaving it without longing.

No longer desiring, though blamed for detachment.

لا تَفزَعنَّ إلى غَير النَّوى أَبداً

لا تَفزَعنَّ إلى غَير النَّوى أَبداً

فَما لِداءِ الهَوى غَيرُ النوى راقِ

فَما لِداءِ الهَوى غَيرُ النوى راقِ

Never seek refuge in anything but separation,

Never despair except for your beloved,

for love's sickness has no healer but separation.

For no remedy cures love but the beloved.

قَتيلُ همَّتِه في الناسِ أعذرُ من

قَتيلُ همَّتِه في الناسِ أعذرُ من

قَتيلِ تَكسيرِ أجفانٍ وأَحداقِ

قَتيلِ تَكسيرِ أجفانٍ وأَحداقِ

One slain by his own ambition is more excusable among people than

He who fails the people is more excused

one slain by the languid play of eyelids and pupils.

Than one slain by glances and eyelids attacking.

وفاترِ الطَّرفِ مَفتونٍ بِه سَقمٌ

وفاترِ الطَّرفِ مَفتونٍ بِه سَقمٌ

كأنَّ جِسمي لَه مِن ضرِّه واقِ

كأنَّ جِسمي لَه مِن ضرِّه واقِ

And a languid-eyed one with whom sickness is smitten—

Languid eyes reveal lovesick distress,

as though my body were his shield against its harm.

As if my body suffers from its harm, unprotected.

أقمتُ في أَسرِه ما شاءَ ناظرُه

أقمتُ في أَسرِه ما شاءَ ناظرُه

حتَّى أَتى شَعرُ خَدَّيهِ بإطلاقي

حتَّى أَتى شَعرُ خَدَّيهِ بإطلاقي

I remained in his captivity as long as his eye wished,

I remained his captive by his watcher’s will

until the hair on his cheeks brought my release.

Until my cheek’s hair was freed by his release.

إن كنتُ أشفَقتُ من خَطبِ النَّوى جَزَعاً

إن كنتُ أشفَقتُ من خَطبِ النَّوى جَزَعاً

فقَد أراكَ اعتِرافي فَرطَ إشفاقي

فقَد أراكَ اعتِرافي فَرطَ إشفاقي

If I feared the calamity of separation in anguish,

If I feared the blows of fate in dread,

then my confession has shown you how great my fear was.

My confession reveals my excess of caution.

لا يَحسبُ الصرفُ أنِّي عَن طَوارِقِه

لا يَحسبُ الصرفُ أنِّي عَن طَوارِقِه

أَعمى إِذا ما رَأى عَنهنَّ إِطراقي

أَعمى إِذا ما رَأى عَنهنَّ إِطراقي

Let fate not think me, in the face of its visitations,

Do not think that I am blind to destiny’s nights

blind, when it sees my gaze lowered away from them.

When you see me turn my eyes away from them.

فَللتَّصاريفِ أوقاتٌ أواخِرُها

فَللتَّصاريفِ أوقاتٌ أواخِرُها

تَنَجُّزي صَرفَها مِن كفِّ إِسحاقِ

تَنَجُّزي صَرفَها مِن كفِّ إِسحاقِ

For fate's vicissitudes have their times, which end

For fate has its times, and in the end

when I ask Ishaq's hand to turn them away.

Its events are fulfilled from the palm of the Ordainer.

يَدٌ تُفيدُ النَّدى والمَجد مَن لَقِيَت

يَدٌ تُفيدُ النَّدى والمَجد مَن لَقِيَت

حتَّى تَكاد تُساويها يدُ اللاقي

حتَّى تَكاد تُساويها يدُ اللاقي

A hand that bestows bounty and glory on whoever it meets,

A hand that gives dew and glory to its greeter,

until the hand of the one who meets it almost equals it.

Until it nearly equals the hand that meets it.

يَغدو وقائِمُ سَيفِ المَجدِ يَملؤُها

يَغدو وقائِمُ سَيفِ المَجدِ يَملؤُها

فَيَنثَني عَن دَمٍ للبُخلِ مُهراقِ

فَيَنثَني عَن دَمٍ للبُخلِ مُهراقِ

He sets out in the morning, the hilt of glory's sword filling his hand,

Rising in the morn, the sword of glory fills it,

then turns back from the spilled blood of miserliness.

Then it spares the blood of those withholding generosity.