اعلل بالخيال جريح قلبي

اعلل بالخيال جريح قلبي

وهل قلب يعلله الخيال

وهل قلب يعلله الخيال

I soothe my wounded heart with imagination.

My heart's wound is healed by imagination,

And can imagination soothe a heart?

But can a heart really be healed by imagination?

اغار على الفؤاد جمال حبي

اغار على الفؤاد جمال حبي

ويا لله كم فعل الجمال

ويا لله كم فعل الجمال

My beloved's beauty has raided my heart.

I'm jealous of the beauty that captures my love,

And O God, how much beauty has wrought!

Oh God, the power of beauty!

اويقات لدى حبي قصار

اويقات لدى حبي قصار

وآهاتي لفرقته طوال

وآهاتي لفرقته طوال

Little moments beside my beloved are brief,

My love is fleeting,

And my sighs at parting from him are long.

My sighs for our separation are endless,

كأني إذ أحاضره بفكري

كأني إذ أحاضره بفكري

أخو ذهل تخبطه خيال

أخو ذهل تخبطه خيال

It is as though, when I commune with him in my thoughts,

As if when I imagine him,

I were a dazed man buffeted by a phantom.

I'm a confused dreamer.

اموت لاجله ولها واحيا

اموت لاجله ولها واحيا

ولطف الحب قطع واتصال

ولطف الحب قطع واتصال

I die for his sake in passionate longing, and I live.

I die for him and for her and I live on,

And love's subtlety is severance and union.

The kindness of love comes and goes.

تثور مع الجمال اليه روحي

تثور مع الجمال اليه روحي

اذا امت مغانيه الجمال

اذا امت مغانيه الجمال

With the camels my soul surges toward him,

My soul rises with beauty towards it,

When the camels make for his dwelling places.

When its melodies are stilled by beauty.

تراه بكل ذي الاشياء عيني

تراه بكل ذي الاشياء عيني

ويشرقني به الماء الزلال

ويشرقني به الماء الزلال

My eye sees him in all these things,

I see him in all things with my eyes,

And because of him, clear water makes me choke.

And the clear water makes me shine because of him.

وتبكيني معانيه وعقلي

وتبكيني معانيه وعقلي

به لجلال طالعه انذهال

به لجلال طالعه انذهال

And his meanings make me weep, while my mind

His meanings make me weep, and my mind

Is bewildered by him, by the majesty of his appearance.

Is humbled by the majesty of his rising.

تحكم في من معناه حال

تحكم في من معناه حال

ولا بدعا فللعشاق حال

ولا بدعا فللعشاق حال

A state born of his meaning has taken hold of me,

He commands whoever understands his state,

And this is no wonder, for lovers have their own state.

And lovers have no choice in their state.

انازل فيه آلامي ووجدي

انازل فيه آلامي ووجدي

ومالي في منازلتي ظلال

ومالي في منازلتي ظلال

For him I wrestle with my pains and my longing,

I confide my pain and passion in him,

And I have no shade in my struggle.

And I have no shade in my confiding.

غدوت بحبه الفتان لطفا

غدوت بحبه الفتان لطفا

فلا نسق هناك ولا مثال

فلا نسق هناك ولا مثال

Through his bewitching love I have become ethereal,

Through loving him I became gentle and refined,

So there is no pattern there, nor any likeness.

With no precedent or equal here.

وطاب لي الكلام به فنظمي

وطاب لي الكلام به فنظمي

بسيرة حبه السحر الحلال

بسيرة حبه السحر الحلال

And speech of him delights me, so my verse

Speaking of him made speech sweet for me,

On the story of his love is lawful magic.

So I composed poetry of his charming, permitted magic.

متى كان الحبيب محل مدح

متى كان الحبيب محل مدح

يطيب المدح يتسع المجال

يطيب المدح يتسع المجال

Whenever the beloved is the object of praise,

Whenever the beloved is praised,

Praise grows sweet, and the scope widens.

Praise is pleasant and space expands.

الا يا من يذل له المعنى

الا يا من يذل له المعنى

ويا من من خلائقة الدلال

ويا من من خلائقة الدلال

Ah, O you to whom meaning submits,

Oh you who meaning itself bows down to,

And O you whose traits include coyness,

And you whose traits are alluring.

يطيب لديك يا مولاي هجري

يطيب لديك يا مولاي هجري

واني منك يعذب لي الوصال

واني منك يعذب لي الوصال

Forsaking me pleases you, O my master,

Your estrangement is sweet to me my master,

While union with you is sweet to me.

Yet being apart from you torments me.

قطعت مودتي من غير ذنب

قطعت مودتي من غير ذنب

اذن لي منك في هذا سؤال

اذن لي منك في هذا سؤال

You severed my bond of affection though I had done no wrong.

You cut off my affection without cause,

Then I have a question for you about this:

So let me ask you about this.

اعن كبر تعمدت انقطاعي

اعن كبر تعمدت انقطاعي

ولذ لديك هذا الانفصال

ولذ لديك هذا الانفصال

Was it out of pride that you deliberately cut me off,

Pardon my deliberately cutting contact,

And found this separation pleasing?

And the pleasure of this separation to you.

فان يك ذاك عدوانا وظلما

فان يك ذاك عدوانا وظلما

تاود فالزمان له انفتال

تاود فالزمان له انفتال

So if that is aggression and injustice,

If that was aggression and injustice,

Sway on, for time has its turns.

Time will inevitably unravel it.

والا فالتفت وامنن بقرب

والا فالتفت وامنن بقرب

يحل به لمضناك العقال

يحل به لمضناك العقال

And if not, then turn and favor me with nearness,

Or come back and favor me with nearness,

By which your love-worn one's tether is loosened.

To dissolve your anger at me.

ودعنا نستريح فقد تعبنا

ودعنا نستريح فقد تعبنا

وزاد منالعدى قيل وقال

وزاد منالعدى قيل وقال

And let us rest, for we have grown weary,

Let us rest, for we are tired,

And gossip from the foes has increased.

And the enemy's talk has increased.

لعمرك هذه الدنيا خيال

لعمرك هذه الدنيا خيال

وغاية كل ما فيها زوال

وغاية كل ما فيها زوال

By your life, this world is an illusion,

By your life, this world is an illusion,

And the end of all within it is passing away.

And the fate of all in it is to pass away.