بأبي من اذا شكوت اليه

بأبي من اذا شكوت اليه

قام في طبعه علي عتو

قام في طبعه علي عتو

May my father be his ransom: whenever I complain to him,

By him whose love has made my heart its home,

Insolence toward me rises in his nature.

Who answers when I call with raging woe-

واذا ما له ذكرت ولوعا

واذا ما له ذكرت ولوعا

حبه قال ذا محال ولهو

حبه قال ذا محال ولهو

And whenever, ardently devoted, I mention to him

If e'er I named his name in plaint, he said:

My love for him, he says, "This is absurdity and play."

"'Tis fancy's work, forswearing it we go."

واذا ما حلفت بالله اني

واذا ما حلفت بالله اني

غبت عني به وما في لو

غبت عني به وما في لو

And whenever I swear by God that I

When I invoke God's name in oath, that I

Have lost myself in him, with no "if" in me,

Will leave his love, he answers: "There's no show

عاشق خافق الفؤاد ولوه

عاشق خافق الفؤاد ولوه

صادق قال لي يمينك لغو

صادق قال لي يمينك لغو

A lover with a fluttering heart, deeply smitten,

Of truth in this." He who has lodged my heart

Truthful—he tells me, "Your oath is idle talk."

In pain's abode speaks truth; yes, this is so.

لا ومن خصه بحسن بديع

لا ومن خصه بحسن بديع

فيه طرز من الملاحة حلو

فيه طرز من الملاحة حلو

No, by Him who graced him with wondrous beauty,

No! None but he whose locks the breeze has kist,

In which is a sweet embroidery of loveliness,

Whose charms are like a garden fair aglow,

وقوام كالغصن اذهل عقلي

وقوام كالغصن اذهل عقلي

وجمال جسمي به اليوم نضو

وجمال جسمي به اليوم نضو

And a figure like a branch that has bewildered my mind,

Whose swaying form enchants my frenzied soul,

And a beauty that has left my body wasted today:

Who makes my cheek the rose's envy grow.

لا تبدلت في هواه ولا خن

لا تبدلت في هواه ولا خن

ت ومن خان بالاذى مملو

ت ومن خان بالاذى مملو

I have not changed in my love for him, nor have I betrayed;

I'll love none else, nor change, nor break the vow,

And whoever betrays is filled with harm.

Though with unnumbered woes my way I go.

لا اباح المولى ارى غيره

لا اباح المولى ارى غيره

حبا ولا حل لي عليه السو

حبا ولا حل لي عليه السو

May the Lord never let me look upon anyone else

No other love is lawfull in my eyes,

With love, nor may it be lawful for me to harm him.

So Heaven decreed and so has ordered it.