يا قَلْبَ يا قَلْبِ كَمْ تُصادِر

يا قَلْبَ يا قَلْبِ كَمْ تُصادِر

هذا الهَوَى وتَحِر وتَدهَش

هذا الهَوَى وتَحِر وتَدهَش

O heart, O heart, how long will you resist

O my heart, O my heart, how much you confiscate

This passion, bewildered and amazed?

This passion, and wander, and get amazed

رميت روحَكْ في بَحْر زاخِر

رميت روحَكْ في بَحْر زاخِر

بَحْر الْهَوى وتَخَفْ منَ الرَّش

بَحْر الْهَوى وتَخَفْ منَ الرَّش

You cast your soul into a surging sea,

You threw your soul in a foaming sea

The sea of passion—yet you fear the spray.

The sea of passion, and you fear the sprinkling

كانْ غرامَكْ وَ ايَّاكَ لا تَندم

كانْ غرامَكْ وَ ايَّاكَ لا تَندم

لأِنَّ رأيَكْ رأىٌ سديدْ

لأِنَّ رأيَكْ رأىٌ سديدْ

If this is your passion, beware: do not regret it,

Your love for him and him for you, do not regret

For your judgment is sound.

For your opinion is a very right opinion

ومُتَّ بِحُبَّكْ تَعِشْ مُنْعَم

ومُتَّ بِحُبَّكْ تَعِشْ مُنْعَم

حتَّى تَنَلْ كُلَّ ما تُريد

حتَّى تَنَلْ كُلَّ ما تُريد

And die in your love: you will live in bliss,

And die with your love, live in bliss

Until you attain all that you desire.

Until you get all that you want

لا تَشْكي الْبُعْدَ وأنْتَ تعلم

لا تَشْكي الْبُعْدَ وأنْتَ تعلم

أنَّ حَبيبَك لَس هُ بعيدْ

أنَّ حَبيبَك لَس هُ بعيدْ

Do not complain of distance when you know

Do not complain of distance, and you know

That your beloved is not far away.

That your beloved is not far

ومَنْ هُ محْبُوبُوا معه حاضِر

ومَنْ هُ محْبُوبُوا معه حاضِر

على الدَّوام قُل لِي كيْف يوحَش

على الدَّوام قُل لِي كيْف يوحَش

And one whose beloved is present with him

And whoever is the beloved, he is present with him

At all times—tell me, how can he be lonely?

Always say to me, how can he feel lonely?

يَجْني مِنَ الْحُسْنِ بالنَّواظِرْ

يَجْني مِنَ الْحُسْنِ بالنَّواظِرْ

زَهْرَ الْمُنَى كُلَّ حين ويُنْعَش

زَهْرَ الْمُنَى كُلَّ حين ويُنْعَش

With his eyes he gathers from beauty

He enjoys beauty with glances

The blossoms of hope at every moment, and is revived.

The flower of purpose, always, and revives

أفْنانِي ذَا الحبّ عن فَنائِي

أفْنانِي ذَا الحبّ عن فَنائِي

وصِرتُ بَعْدَ الْفَنَا وُجُود

وصِرتُ بَعْدَ الْفَنَا وُجُود

This love effaced me beyond my own effacement;

My oblivion with this love made me forget my oblivion

And after effacement, I became existence.

And after annihilation, I became existence

تَعَجَّبَ النَّاسُ مِن بَقائِي

تَعَجَّبَ النَّاسُ مِن بَقائِي

مع حُبِّ مَن نَهْواهْ نَسُود

مع حُبِّ مَن نَهْواهْ نَسُود

People marveled at my abiding;

People wondered at my remaining

With love for the one I love, I reign.

With love of those they forbid we befriend

وصارَ مَشْروبي مِن إِنائِي

وصارَ مَشْروبي مِن إِنائِي

لكنَّهُ مسْتَعْذَبُ الورُودْ

لكنَّهُ مسْتَعْذَبُ الورُودْ

And my drink came from my own vessel;

And my drink became from my cup

Yet it is sweet to drink:

But it is sweet of scent

مِنْ خَمْرةٍ ما عَصَرْها عاصِرْ

مِنْ خَمْرةٍ ما عَصَرْها عاصِرْ

ولا جُنَتْ قَطّ من مُعَرَّش

ولا جُنَتْ قَطّ من مُعَرَّش

From a wine no presser has pressed,

Of a wine not pressed by a presser

Nor ever gathered from a trellised vine.

Nor ever harvested from a trellis

كم أسْكَرَتْ قلنا أكابِرْ

كم أسْكَرَتْ قلنا أكابِرْ

لِمِثْلِ هذا الشَّرابِ يُعطِش

لِمِثْلِ هذا الشَّرابِ يُعطِش

We said, 'How many great ones it has intoxicated!'

How much it intoxicated great minds

It makes one thirst for a drink like this.

For the likes of this drink, one thirsts

يا غايَة الْحُسْنِ ما أجَلكْ

يا غايَة الْحُسْنِ ما أجَلكْ

أغْنانِي حُسْنَكْ عَنِ الصُّوَرْ

أغْنانِي حُسْنَكْ عَنِ الصُّوَرْ

O pinnacle of beauty, how majestic you are!

O epitome of beauty, your beauty made me

Your beauty freed me from needing forms.

Needless of images

نَفْنَى بِحُبَّك ولَسْ نملُك

نَفْنَى بِحُبَّك ولَسْ نملُك

يا مَن هُوَ السَّمْعُ والْبصَر

يا مَن هُوَ السَّمْعُ والْبصَر

I am effaced in your love and have no self-command,

We are annihilated by love of you and do not own

O you who are hearing and sight.

O you who are hearing and sight

جَعلتَ كُلَّ الْقُلُوبْ مَحَلَّكْ

جَعلتَ كُلَّ الْقُلُوبْ مَحَلَّكْ

وأخَفَيْتَ حُسْنَكَ عن النَّظَر

وأخَفَيْتَ حُسْنَكَ عن النَّظَر

You made all hearts your dwelling,

You made all hearts your abode

And hid your beauty from sight.

And concealed your beauty from sight

فَهامْ في حُبِّكَ الْخَوَاطِر

فَهامْ في حُبِّكَ الْخَوَاطِر

ويَذهل الْقلْب فيكَ يَدْهَش

ويَذهل الْقلْب فيكَ يَدْهَش

So thoughts wandered, enraptured, in your love,

So thoughts roamed in love of you

And the heart is dazed by you, astonished.

And the heart gets amazed by you

وكُلَّ حَدّ مِن هَوَاكَ حاير

وكُلَّ حَدّ مِن هَوَاكَ حاير

لكِنُّوا حَوْلَ الحِمَى يُحْنشْ

لكِنُّوا حَوْلَ الحِمَى يُحْنشْ

And everyone is bewildered by love of you,

And every lover of your love bewildered

Yet he creeps around the sanctuary.

But gathering around the sanctuary, revived

يا بُغْيَةِ الْهائِم الْمُعَنَّى

يا بُغْيَةِ الْهائِم الْمُعَنَّى

لَس واللهِ نعشق حد سِواك

لَس واللهِ نعشق حد سِواك

O desire of the wandering, tormented lover,

Seeing signs of secrets

By God, I love no one but you.

Pleased by the secret, while feeling lonely

جعَلْتُ قلْبي إِليْكَ سُكْنِى

جعَلْتُ قلْبي إِليْكَ سُكْنِى

فاجْعلْ لِعيْنَيّ أن ترَاكْ

فاجْعلْ لِعيْنَيّ أن ترَاكْ

I made my heart a dwelling for you;

O you who makes a lover's state happy

So grant that my eyes may see you.

Do not love except a beautiful union

وكم نموهْ بِحُبّ لُبْنِى

وكم نموهْ بِحُبّ لُبْنِى

وحُبَّ سعْدى وذاك وذاك

وحُبَّ سعْدى وذاك وذاك

And how often I veil it with love for Lubna,

And in your love be honest with my state

And love for Sa'da, and for that one and that one.

Do not listen to the words of the unfair

ومعْ ذا كُلُّ المحِبُّ حاضِرُ

ومعْ ذا كُلُّ المحِبُّ حاضِرُ

يخْضَع لِذُلِّ الْهوَى ويُنْعِشْ

يخْضَع لِذُلِّ الْهوَى ويُنْعِشْ

Yet with all this, the lover is wholly present,

Lo, for the religion of love there are trusted principles

He bows to love's abasement and revives,

That remain on the promise, unchanged

مُسْتَبْصراً آياتِ السَّرايِر

مُسْتَبْصراً آياتِ السَّرايِر

مُستَأنِسَ السِّرِّ وهْوَ يُوحَش

مُستَأنِسَ السِّرِّ وهْوَ يُوحَش

Discerning the signs of inward mysteries,

Proven by the hands of consciences

Finding solace in the secret, though he is left lonely.

And depicted in neurons, revived

يا من هُو مسَلين بحالِ عاشِقْ

يا من هُو مسَلين بحالِ عاشِقْ

لا تَعْشَق إِلاَّ مليحْ وصُولْ

لا تَعْشَق إِلاَّ مليحْ وصُولْ

O you who amuse yourself like a lover,

And with them on the day when secrets are tested

Love only a fair one who grants union.

And the slain by love, what was covered is exposed

وكُنْ في عِشْقِكْ بحالِي صادِق

وكُنْ في عِشْقِكْ بحالِي صادِق

لا تَسْتَمِع من كلام عذُولْ

لا تَسْتَمِع من كلام عذُولْ

And be sincere in your love, like me;

Do not heed a reproacher's words.

إِنَّ لِدينِ الهوَى موَاثِقْ

إِنَّ لِدينِ الهوَى موَاثِقْ

تبْقى على الْعَهدِ ما تحُول

تبْقى على الْعَهدِ ما تحُول

Indeed, the faith of love has covenants:

You remain true to the covenant, never turning aside.

قد أثبَتَتها يَدْ الضَّمائِر

قد أثبَتَتها يَدْ الضَّمائِر

وترتسِم في الْحَشَا وتُنْعَشْ

وترتسِم في الْحَشَا وتُنْعَشْ

The hand of consciences has set them firm,

And they are etched in the heart's depths and revived.

ونَفُرْ بها يوْم تُبْلَى السَّرائِر

ونَفُرْ بها يوْم تُبْلَى السَّرائِر

وفي قَتيلُ الْهَوَى وما غَشْ

وفي قَتيلُ الْهَوَى وما غَشْ

And I flee with them on the day secrets are tested;

Faithful is love's slain one; he did not deceive.