هلا   رحمت   لمشتاق   يحبك

هلا رحمت لمشتاق يحبك

معذب     والوجد    قد    أفناه

معذب والوجد قد أفناه

Will you not have mercy on a yearning lover who loves you,

Will you not have mercy on a yearning lover who loves you?

Tormented, whom passion has consumed?

He is tormented, and longing has consumed him.

يقضِّي   ليله   ونهاره  في  أنَّةٍ

يقضِّي ليله ونهاره في أنَّةٍ

والبعد   والهجران   قد  أضناه

والبعد والهجران قد أضناه

He spends his night and day amid his sighs,

He spends his night and day in moaning.

And distance and desertion have worn him away.

And distance and estrangement have worn him down.

أشفق  عليه  ولا  تكن  ذا قسوة

أشفق عليه ولا تكن ذا قسوة

واغمره   دوما   بالذي   يهواه

واغمره دوما بالذي يهواه

Take pity on him; do not be cruel,

Have pity on him, and do not be cruel.

And ever enfold him in what he longs for.

And always shower him with what he desires.

إن    البعاد    يضيره   ويهينه

إن البعاد يضيره ويهينه

لم   تعملنَّ؟  إذن  لما  يخشاه؟؟

لم تعملنَّ؟ إذن لما يخشاه؟؟

For separation harms and humiliates him—

Separation surely harms and humiliates him.

Why, then, would you deliberately do the very thing he fears?

Why, then, do you work toward what he fears?

هل  تذكرنَّ  جلوسكم  في خلوة

هل تذكرنَّ جلوسكم في خلوة

في الروض حتى قلت لي أهواه

في الروض حتى قلت لي أهواه

Do you remember your sitting together in seclusion,

Do you remember your sitting together in seclusion,

In the garden, until you told me, “I love him”?

In the garden, until you told me, "I love him"?

لا    تخلفنَّ    لوعده   وعهوده

لا تخلفنَّ لوعده وعهوده

واذكر   زماناً   كان  ما  أحلاه

واذكر زماناً كان ما أحلاه

Do not betray the promise made to him, nor his covenants,

Do not break his promise and his pledges.

And remember that time—how sweet it was!

And remember a time—how sweet it was!

لو   تتركنَّ   هواه   لعبة  حاقدٍ

لو تتركنَّ هواه لعبة حاقدٍ

ستقول   يوما  كيف  لي  ألقاه؟

ستقول يوما كيف لي ألقاه؟

If you make his love a spiteful person’s plaything,

If you leave his love a spiteful person's plaything,

One day you will say, “How can I meet him?”

You will say one day, "How can I meet him?"

إن  المروءة  تقتضي  في  حبّه

إن المروءة تقتضي في حبّه

رفقا    به    أو    تلتقي    إياه

رفقا به أو تلتقي إياه

For honor, when it comes to loving him, demands

Indeed, nobility requires, in loving him,

Gentleness toward him—or that you meet him.

Kindness toward him, or that you meet him.

لا   تبق   في  هذا  العناد  لأنَّه

لا تبق في هذا العناد لأنَّه

يسقيك     مرَّ     فراقه    بعناه

يسقيك مرَّ فراقه بعناه

Do not persist in this stubbornness, for it

Do not persist in this stubbornness, for it

Will make you drink the bitterness of separation from him, with all its anguish.

Makes you drink the bitterness of parting from him, with its anguish.

ارجع   إليه   ولا   تمنَّ   بحبِّه

ارجع إليه ولا تمنَّ بحبِّه

واخلص   له   بالود   لا  تنساه

واخلص له بالود لا تنساه

Return to him, and do not hold your love over him as a favor;

Return to him, and do not count loving him as a favor.

Be true to him in affection; do not forget him.

And be sincere in your affection for him; do not forget him.

يا   منكرا  للحب  في  محبوبه

يا منكرا للحب في محبوبه

هل  هذا  ما  أضمرته لهنآه؟؟؟

هل هذا ما أضمرته لهنآه؟؟؟

O you who deny love for its beloved,

O you who deny love in his beloved,

Is this what you had in store for his happiness?

Is this what you secretly intended for his happiness?

تسقيه  مراً  من  عذاب كؤوسه

تسقيه مراً من عذاب كؤوسه

ويلاك   يا   من  تنتشي  لشقاه

ويلاك يا من تنتشي لشقاه

You make him drink bitterness from torment’s cups—

You make him drink bitterness from the torment of his cups.

Woe to you, who revel in his misery!

Woe to you, O you who grow intoxicated by his misery!

قاسٍ   عليه   وتشتهي   لفراقه

قاسٍ عليه وتشتهي لفراقه

حتى   يعاني   جل   ما   أسداه

حتى يعاني جل ما أسداه

Hard-hearted toward him, you yearn to be parted from him,

You are cruel to him and long to part from him,

Until he suffers for nearly all that he has bestowed.

Until he suffers most of what he has bestowed.

لو  كنت  ممن يرحمون محبِّهم

لو كنت ممن يرحمون محبِّهم

لصدفت   عما   يكتوي  بضناه

لصدفت عما يكتوي بضناه

Had you been among those who show mercy to their lovers,

If you were among those who show mercy to the one who loves them,

You would have shunned what sears him with wasting pain.

You would turn away from what sears him with its anguish.

فالقصد  دوماً  أن  تكون  ملبياً

فالقصد دوماً أن تكون ملبياً

بالوصل  لا  ترجع  لنيل  سواه

بالوصل لا ترجع لنيل سواه

The aim is always that you should reign supreme

For the aim is always that you respond

Through union, never turning back to seek another.

With reunion; do not turn back to seek anything else.

يا   رب   بارك  للأحبة  حبَّهم

يا رب بارك للأحبة حبَّهم

واجمع   هموا   بالود  يا  ربَّاه

واجمع هموا بالود يا ربَّاه

O Lord, bless the love that lovers share,

O Lord, bless the lovers' love,

And unite them in affection, O my Lord.

And unite them in affection, O Lord!

1967م

1967م

1967 CE

1967 CE