بعينيك يا هذا الغزال الى متى

بعينيك يا هذا الغزال الى متى

تعذب بالهجران من ليس يصبر

تعذب بالهجران من ليس يصبر

By your eyes, O gazelle, how long

With your eyes, O this gazelle, for how long

will you torment with estrangement one who cannot endure?

Will you torture with estrangement one who cannot endure patiently?

تدللت حتى ذل والجسم ناحل

تدللت حتى ذل والجسم ناحل

سقيم باذيال التلهف يعثر

سقيم باذيال التلهف يعثر

You played coy until he was humbled, his body wasted;

You have become so pampered that you have been humiliated, and your body has become emaciated,

sick, he stumbles over the trailing hems of yearning.

Sick with the frills of yearning stumbling.

ووقت مضى يا سعد كان غز يلي

ووقت مضى يا سعد كان غز يلي

انيسي به والليل يزهر مقمر

انيسي به والليل يزهر مقمر

And a bygone time, O Saʿd, when my little gazelle was

And time has passed, O Saad, that was spent with my companion,

my companion then, and the moonlit night shone—

Cheering me, and the night blossoms like the full moon.

بكيت له لما تذكرت والهوى

بكيت له لما تذكرت والهوى

بصارع مضنى الحب اذ يتذكر

بصارع مضنى الحب اذ يتذكر

I wept for it when I remembered; and passion

I cried for him when I remembered, and love

wrestles with love's weary sufferer whenever he remembers.

Wrestles with the agonizing love when it remembers.

أبغية روحي والمحبة عهدها

أبغية روحي والمحبة عهدها

قديم ودين الود لا يتغير

قديم ودين الود لا يتغير

O my soul's desire, love's covenant

The soul I desire and the covenant of its love

is ancient, and the creed of affection never changes.

Is old, and the religion of affection does not change.

تلطف بحالي ان قلبي موله

تلطف بحالي ان قلبي موله

به النار من كل الجوانب تسعر

به النار من كل الجوانب تسعر

Be gentle with my plight, for my heart is distraught with love;

Be kind to my state if my heart has been ignited for him

within it fire blazes on every side.

With fire from all sides flaming.

وعين تسح السحب اقلقها البكا

وعين تسح السحب اقلقها البكا

على الحزن والافراح تجري وتقطر

على الحزن والافراح تجري وتقطر

And an eye pouring forth clouds, unsettled by weeping,

And an eye that wipes the clouds, its shedding tears disquiets it,

flows and drips in sorrow and in joy.

Over sorrow and joy they flow and drip.

اذا ما رأت قيعان سلع وحاجر

اذا ما رأت قيعان سلع وحاجر

غدا العارض الوسمي منها يحدر

غدا العارض الوسمي منها يحدر

Whenever it sees the plains of Salʿ and Hajir,

When it saw the terrain of Sala and its rock,

an autumn raincloud comes pouring down from it.

Tomorrow the fleeting beauty from it pours forth.

بتلك النواحي للولوه مهبجة

بتلك النواحي للولوه مهبجة

اسيرة وجد بالنوى تتفطر

اسيرة وجد بالنوى تتفطر

In those regions, the love-distraught one has a heart,

By those places the doe capers for him,

captive to longing, breaking apart through separation.

Captivated, and the resolve in intentions crumbles.

عليها من السر المطلسم رونق

عليها من السر المطلسم رونق

يبث شؤنا للهوى قد تحير

يبث شؤنا للهوى قد تحير

Upon it lies a radiance from the talisman-sealed secret,

Upon it from the hidden adornment is the splendor

revealing matters to passion, which stands bewildered.

That confuses for love that has perplexed.

فلم ادر من سهل الغرام وحزنه

فلم ادر من سهل الغرام وحزنه

اوقتي ليلي ام هو الظهر مزهر

اوقتي ليلي ام هو الظهر مزهر

So, amid love's smooth and rugged terrain, I could not tell

So I don’t know from the plain of love and its sorrow

whether my time was night or radiant noon.

Whether my night has been brightened or it is the blossoming forenoon.

وبدري لقد رقت حواشيه والجفا

وبدري لقد رقت حواشيه والجفا

بقسوته يطوي فؤادي وينشر

بقسوته يطوي فؤادي وينشر

And my full moon—how delicate his contours have grown! Yet estrangement,

And my early morning, indeed its edges have softened, and estrangement

with its cruelty, folds and unfolds my heart.

With its harshness folds my heart and unfurls it.

لقد كان شخصي يا اميم معرفا

لقد كان شخصي يا اميم معرفا

وها هو من فتك الغزال منكر

وها هو من فتك الغزال منكر

My form, O Umaym, was once recognizable,

My person, O faithful friend, was known

and behold, the gazelle's ravages have made it unrecognizable.

And here he is from the ravages of the gazelle unrecognizable.

رماني بسهم من مريض جفونه

رماني بسهم من مريض جفونه

فأدمى فؤادا فيه معناه مضمر

فأدمى فؤادا فيه معناه مضمر

He shot me with an arrow from his languid eyelids,

He threw at me an arrow from one sick in his eyelids

and bloodied a heart where his essence lay hidden.

So it bloodied a heart in which its meaning is concealed.

ولولاه في قلبي لقلت ارم واحتكم

ولولاه في قلبي لقلت ارم واحتكم

كما شئت لا ترحم فانت مخير

كما شئت لا ترحم فانت مخير

Were he not in my heart, I would say: Shoot, and command

And were it not for him in my heart I would have said: aim and judge

as you wish; show no mercy, for the choice is yours.

However you wish, do not show mercy for you have the choice.

تدرعت بالصبر الجميل وللهوى

تدرعت بالصبر الجميل وللهوى

سيوف على معدوم صبري تشهر

سيوف على معدوم صبري تشهر

I donned the armor of beautiful patience, yet passion has

I shielded myself with beautiful patience, and for passion

swords unsheathed against my vanished patience.

Swords over my non­existent patience brandished.

فان قلت لا ابكي يسح مدامعي

فان قلت لا ابكي يسح مدامعي

غرام على كتمانه لست اقدر

غرام على كتمانه لست اقدر

So if I say, 'I will not weep,' my tears are poured forth

So if I say “I do not cry” it wipes my tears away,

by a passion I have no power to conceal.

A passion whose concealment I cannot endure.

وان قلت ابكي فاه بالزور عاذلي

وان قلت ابكي فاه بالزور عاذلي

ولو صحب الانصاف ذو الوجد يعذر

ولو صحب الانصاف ذو الوجد يعذر

And if I say, 'I will weep,' my reproacher utters lies;

And if I say “I cry” then shame on the unjust accuser,

yet if he kept company with fairness, the love-stricken would be excused.

And even if the equitable accompanied the ardent, he would excuse.

سلام على بدري وايام قربه

سلام على بدري وايام قربه

فأني لها وجدا اغيب واحضر

فأني لها وجدا اغيب واحضر

Peace upon my full moon and the days of his nearness,

Greetings to my early morn and the days of his nearness

for, in longing for them, I pass into absence and return.

For I vanish and appear for them full of fervor.