ولقد مُنعتُ من المرافق كُلِّها

ولقد مُنعتُ من المرافق كُلِّها

حتى مُنعتُ مرافقَ الأحلامِ

حتى مُنعتُ مرافقَ الأحلامِ

And indeed, I have been denied every comfort;

I have been denied all companions,

even the comforts of dreams have been denied me.

Even denied the companions of dreams;

من ذاك أني ما أراني طاعماً

من ذاك أني ما أراني طاعماً

في النوم أو متعرِّضاً لطعامِ

في النوم أو متعرِّضاً لطعامِ

One instance is that I never see myself eating

So I do not see myself tasting

in sleep, or reaching for food,

Or inclined toward food in sleep.

إلا رأيتُ من الشقاءِ كأنني

إلا رأيتُ من الشقاءِ كأنني

أُثنَى وأُكْبحُ دونه بلجامِ

أُثنَى وأُكْبحُ دونه بلجامِ

without seeing myself, in my misery, as though

Except I see, from misery, as if I

turned aside and held back from it by a bridle.

Am bent and restrained, held back from it by a bridle,

وأرى الحبيبَ إذا ألمَّ خيالُهُ

وأرى الحبيبَ إذا ألمَّ خيالُهُ

ومرام قُبلته أعزّ مرامِ

ومرام قُبلته أعزّ مرامِ

And when the beloved's image visits, I see him—

And I see the beloved, when his image appears,

his kiss the most elusive prize to seek—

And the object of my kiss is the dearest object,

إلا منازعة تجُرُّ جنابةً

إلا منازعة تجُرُّ جنابةً

وتَشُبُّ في الأحشاءِ أيّ ضِرامِ

وتَشُبُّ في الأحشاءِ أيّ ضِرامِ

only in a tussle that brings ritual impurity

Except for quarreling that drags away intimacy

and kindles such a blaze in my innards.

And kindles in the bowels any inflammation,

فأَهِبُّ قد وجب الطهورُ ولم أنَلْ

فأَهِبُّ قد وجب الطهورُ ولم أنَلْ

ممَّنْ هويت سوى جوىً وسقامِ

ممَّنْ هويت سوى جوىً وسقامِ

So I spring awake, purification now required, yet I have gained nothing

So I rouse myself―ablution is a duty―and I have not attained

from the one I loved but heartache and sickness.

From the one I love anything but ardour and sickness,

طرد الكرى عني وراغَ بحاجتي

طرد الكرى عني وراغَ بحاجتي

وقضى عليّ بأجرة الحمّامِ

وقضى عليّ بأجرة الحمّامِ

He drove sleep from me and eluded my desire,

Absence drove him away from me, and my need pleaded,

and sentenced me to pay the bathhouse fee.

And sentenced me to pay for the bathhouse.

سبحان ربٍّ لا يزال يُتيحه

سبحان ربٍّ لا يزال يُتيحه

ليزيدني في الغُرْمِ والإغرامِ

ليزيدني في الغُرْمِ والإغرامِ

Glory be to a Lord who keeps bringing him my way,

Glory to a Lord who continues to allow him

to increase my expense and my infatuation.

To increase me in passion and infatuation.