من راحمي والقلب شبت ناره

من راحمي والقلب شبت ناره

والحب قاطعني وشط مزاره

والحب قاطعني وشط مزاره

Who will pity me, while the heart's fire has flared?

My consoler, whose heart ignited its fire

And the beloved has cut me off; far away is his abode.

And love estranged me, bypassing its path

طارت له مني على بعد المدى

طارت له مني على بعد المدى

روح تهلل لطفها اطواره

روح تهلل لطفها اطواره

Across the great distance, there flew from me to him

My spirit took flight for him into the far horizon

A soul whose delicate grace his changing moods gladden.

Exulting in the refinement of its ways

لا تحزني يا عين اذ لم تبصري

لا تحزني يا عين اذ لم تبصري

حبا نأى ففجاج قلبي داره

حبا نأى ففجاج قلبي داره

Do not grieve, O eye, because you have not beheld

Do not grieve, my eye, if you did not behold

A beloved gone far away—for the ravines of my heart are his home.

A beloved who turned away, so my heart deserted its abode

جمع العجائب شخصه وكأنما

جمع العجائب شخصه وكأنما

زرت على شمس الضحى ازراره

زرت على شمس الضحى ازراره

His person gathers wonders, as though

He combined wonders in himself, as though

His buttons were fastened over the midmorning sun.

I had visited the rising sun in its blossoms

والورد يزهر في حديقة خده

والورد يزهر في حديقة خده

فوق البنفسج مي فهو عذاره

فوق البنفسج مي فهو عذاره

And roses bloom in the garden of his cheek,

And roses bloom on his cheek,

Above the violet, May—for that is his cheek-down.

Above violets, plentiful is their nectar

وغزا القلوب بقده واعانه

وغزا القلوب بقده واعانه

طرف سبا البابنا سحاره

طرف سبا البابنا سحاره

He conquered hearts with his stature, aided by

He won hearts with his physique and his help

A gaze whose spell took our minds captive.

A glance of the doe, a sorceress her magic

الله يا اهل المروءة بامرىءٍ

الله يا اهل المروءة بامرىءٍ

بالوجد يمضي ليله ونهاره

بالوجد يمضي ليله ونهاره

For God's sake, O people of chivalry, have pity on a man

Oh people of excellence, of a man

Who spends his night and day in longing.

Who passes his night and day in fervor

فتك الغرام به واقلق لبه

فتك الغرام به واقلق لبه

ريم كريم النبعتين نجاره

ريم كريم النبعتين نجاره

Passion has ravaged him, and his mind is troubled by

Passion seized him and disturbed his heart

A gazelle whose lineage is noble in both branches.

A gazelle, pure of lineage, an excellent carpenter

اسمعتمو يال النهى بغزيل

اسمعتمو يال النهى بغزيل

حاكى الصباح تلألأت أنواره

حاكى الصباح تلألأت أنواره

Have you heard, O people of reason, of a little gazelle

You have heard, O reproachers, of a beauty

Who mirrored the morning, his radiance sparkling?

That resembles the morning glittering in its lights

لم انس ليلة انس قرب نلته

لم انس ليلة انس قرب نلته

منه بروض عطرت ازهاره

منه بروض عطرت ازهاره

I have not forgotten a night of intimacy, the closeness I gained

I did not forget a night of intimacy which I attained

From him, in a garden whose blossoms were fragrant.

Near him, in a meadow scented with its flowers

والقاع يحضك والغمام سيوله

والقاع يحضك والغمام سيوله

همرت وقد عم الفلا امطاره

همرت وقد عم الفلا امطاره

And the plain [laughs], while the cloud's torrents

While the plain entices you, and its clouds pour down

Poured down, its rains having covered the wilderness.

I became drunk, and the cups overflowed with their rain

والزهر نلمع في السماء وتنجلي

والزهر نلمع في السماء وتنجلي

والزهر قد زان الربا ديناره

والزهر قد زان الربا ديناره

And the bright stars [gleam] in the sky and come into view,

The flowers glitter in the sky and clear up

And the flowers' golden coin has adorned the hills.

And the flowers have adorned the land with their gold

وغزيلي حلو الطباع مجالسي

وغزيلي حلو الطباع مجالسي

ومع الوقار سنا الجمال ازاره

ومع الوقار سنا الجمال ازاره

And my sweet-natured little gazelle was my companion,

And my gazelle, sweet of nature, my companion

And, with dignity, beauty's radiance was his wrap.

Who combined dignity with the beauty of his raiment

وشذا الازاهر عابق لم ادر هل

وشذا الازاهر عابق لم ادر هل

هو وحده ام هب فيه عراره

هو وحده ام هب فيه عراره

And the blossoms' fragrance wafted; I did not know whether

The fragrance of flowers clung - I did not know whether

It was that alone, or his ʿarār scent had wafted through it.

It was his scent alone or the perfume rubbed onto him

ومكثت اقطع ليل انس لم يمل

ومكثت اقطع ليل انس لم يمل

نحو الكرى من وجده سهاره

نحو الكرى من وجده سهاره

And I lingered, passing a night of delight; none inclined

I spent a night of intimacy that did not pall

Toward slumber among its wakeful revelers, because of its rapture.

Toward the generous one, from his fervor an early riser

فشممت وجنته وتكثر لوعتي

فشممت وجنته وتكثر لوعتي

لهفا عليه ويكثر استغفاره

لهفا عليه ويكثر استغفاره

So I inhaled his cheek's scent, and my burning longing grows,

I smelled his cheek and my craving increased

In yearning for him, while his pleas for forgiveness multiply.

Yearning for him, multiplying my seeking of forgiveness

آه على ذاك الزمان ولطفه

آه على ذاك الزمان ولطفه

قد راح يسكن زفرتي تذكارهع

قد راح يسكن زفرتي تذكارهع

Ah, for that time and its sweetness!

Oh! That time and its kindness

Its memory has begun to soothe my sigh.

Which has gone to reside in my sigh of remembrance

نقض الحبيب عهود ايام مضت

نقض الحبيب عهود ايام مضت

فكانني يا مي ما انا جاره

فكانني يا مي ما انا جاره

The beloved broke the pledges of days gone by,

The beloved broke the covenants of passed days

So, O May, it is as though I were no neighbor of his.

So it was as though, O Mays, I was his neighbor

يا قلب صبرا لا غفلت فانه

يا قلب صبرا لا غفلت فانه

يمضي الزمان وتنقضي أدواره

يمضي الزمان وتنقضي أدواره

O heart, patience—may you never be heedless! For

O heart, have patience - do not be neglectful

Time passes, and its cycles come to an end.

For time passes and its cycles fade away