خطرات ذكرك تستثير مودتي

خطرات ذكرك تستثير مودتي

ولذاك لم اعشق سواك حبيبا

ولذاك لم اعشق سواك حبيبا

Passing thoughts of you stir my affection,

The thoughts of you stir up my affection,

And so I have loved no beloved other than you.

And so I have loved none but you, my beloved.

تسري بسرك مثل سيرك لي دجى

تسري بسرك مثل سيرك لي دجى

فأحس منها في الفوأد دبيبا

فأحس منها في الفوأد دبيبا

They move with your secret, as you come to me by night,

You creep into my mind like your creep into my heart,

And I feel their creeping movement within my heart.

So I sense it beating in my soul.

لا عضو لي الا وفيه صبابة

لا عضو لي الا وفيه صبابة

اذ كت به لك يا حبيب لهيبا

اذ كت به لك يا حبيب لهيبا

No limb of mine is without ardent longing

My every limb has become infatuated,

That kindled in it a flame for you, O beloved.

As it has been branded by your love, O beloved.

تعطي لذراتي هواك وسره

تعطي لذراتي هواك وسره

فكأن اعضائي خلقن قلوبا

فكأن اعضائي خلقن قلوبا

You impart to my atoms love of you and its secret,

You give your love and secret to my atoms,

As though my limbs were created as hearts.

As if my limbs were created as hearts.

هيجت وجدي يا نسيم الصبا

هيجت وجدي يا نسيم الصبا

هببت والقلب هياما صبا

هببت والقلب هياما صبا

You stirred my longing, O eastern breeze;

You have stirred my passion, O morning breeze!

You blew, and my heart yearned with passion.

You have wafted while my heart is swooning with love.

ذكرتني لطف زمان مضى

ذكرتني لطف زمان مضى

لهفاه ما احلا زمان الصبا

لهفاه ما احلا زمان الصبا

You reminded me of the tenderness of a time gone by.

You reminded me of the kindness of days gone by,

Alas, how sweet the days of youth!

How good were the days of youth!

كان لنا في الحي من حاجر

كان لنا في الحي من حاجر

عيش فما اهنا وما طيبا

عيش فما اهنا وما طيبا

We once had, in the camp at Hajir,

We used to have, in the neighborhood,

A life—how blissful and how delightful!

A life of bliss and comfort.

قد جمع الشمل باحبابنا

قد جمع الشمل باحبابنا

في خدر اسعاف منيع الخبا

في خدر اسعاف منيع الخبا

Our company had gathered with our loved ones

Fate had gathered our loved ones,

In a secluded bower of fulfillment, its shelter secure.

In a garden of blooming flowers.

والدهر عن تفريقنا غافل

والدهر عن تفريقنا غافل

والحظ لطفا يملا الاكوبا

والحظ لطفا يملا الاكوبا

And Time was heedless of separating us,

While fate was heedless of parting us,

And fortune kindly filled the cups.

And fortune was kind to fill the cups.

غارت لهذا الصفو عين الزما

غارت لهذا الصفو عين الزما

ن الصعب لو غارت وأن تنضبا

ن الصعب لو غارت وأن تنضبا

The eye of Time envied this serenity—

The eye of time was jealous of this serenity,

Cruel Time! Would that its eye had sunk and run dry!

Even if the difficult eye should be jealous and run dry.

فراح جمع الشمل في فرقة

فراح جمع الشمل في فرقة

ايدي سباهل تدري ايدي سبا

ايدي سباهل تدري ايدي سبا

So our gathering ended in separation,

So the gathering of loved ones parted,

Like Saba's scattered bands—do you know Saba's scattered bands?

By the hands of calamities that know the hands of calamities.

بالله يا ريح الصبا حدثي

بالله يا ريح الصبا حدثي

عن جيرة الحي وذاك الربى

عن جيرة الحي وذاك الربى

By God, O east wind, speak

By God, O morning breeze, tell me,

Of the camp's neighbors and those hills.

About the neighborhood and its expanse.

لي في زوايا الربع من حيهم

لي في زوايا الربع من حيهم

قلب على جمر الغضا قلبا

قلب على جمر الغضا قلبا

In the corners of the dwelling in their camp I have

In the corners of the land, their neighborhood,

A heart tossed upon the embers of ghada wood.

Is a heart burning with sorrow.

لفقدهم طارت به لوعة

لفقدهم طارت به لوعة

ما اخشن الفقد وما اصعبا

ما اخشن الفقد وما اصعبا

Anguish at losing them has carried it aloft.

Missing them, grief has flown with it,

How harsh is loss, and how hard!

How harsh is the loss and how difficult!

آه أيأتيني زماني بهم

آه أيأتيني زماني بهم

ما ابعد الدار وما اقربا

ما ابعد الدار وما اقربا

Ah, will my days bring them to me?

Will my time bring them back to me?

How distant the dwelling, and how near!

How far is the house and how near!

اقطع بالفكر لهم سبسبا

اقطع بالفكر لهم سبسبا

اتبعه من لوعتي سبسبا

اتبعه من لوعتي سبسبا

In thought I cross a wilderness for them,

I cut off lines of thought about them,

And in my anguish follow it with another wilderness.

And follow it with my burning sorrow.

ابكي لهم وجدا وعن زفرة

ابكي لهم وجدا وعن زفرة

دم دموعي ابيضى خضبا

دم دموعي ابيضى خضبا

I weep for them in yearning, and with a sigh

I cry for them with passion, and from a moan,

The blood of my tears has dyed my whiteness red.

My blood tears whiten with grief.

اعجب ان ابقى وهم غيب

اعجب ان ابقى وهم غيب

وحق لي يا مي ان اعجبا

وحق لي يا مي ان اعجبا

I marvel that I live while they are absent;

It amazes me to remain while they are absent,

And rightly may I marvel, O Mayy.

And I have the right, O water, to be amazed.

كم اطلع الشمس بهم ساهرا

كم اطلع الشمس بهم ساهرا

اغفل نجما وارى كوكبا

اغفل نجما وارى كوكبا

How often I usher in the sun, sleepless over them,

How many dawns I spent awake with them,

Missing one star and seeing another.

Neglecting stars and seeing planets.

يجيئني الطيف باخبارهم

يجيئني الطيف باخبارهم

اقول يا اهلا ويا مرحبا

اقول يا اهلا ويا مرحبا

The phantom comes to me with news of them;

Their specter comes to me with news of them,

I say, 'Oh, welcome! Oh, welcome!'

I say, welcome, hello!

يطربني الطيف ولكنه

يطربني الطيف ولكنه

كم برق طيف قد غدا خلبا

كم برق طيف قد غدا خلبا

The phantom delights me, and yet—

The specter gladdens me, but it is

How often a phantom's lightning has proved deceptive!

Like a flash of specter that has become a phantom.

يا اهل ذاك الحي حبي لكم

يا اهل ذاك الحي حبي لكم

صار لقلبي في الهوى مذهبا

صار لقلبي في الهوى مذهبا

O people of that camp, my love for you

O people of that neighborhood, my love for you

Has become my heart's creed in love.

Has become a doctrine of love in my heart.

والهفي عنكم ودين الهوى

والهفي عنكم ودين الهوى

لم ابغ منه الصبر الا ابى

لم ابغ منه الصبر الا ابى

Alas for my yearning in your absence! By love's creed,

And my passion for you, and the religion of passion,

Whenever I sought patience from it, it refused.

I have wanted no patience from it but it refused.

مسلوب كل بكم واله

مسلوب كل بكم واله

يحق للولهان ان يسلبا

يحق للولهان ان يسلبا

Everyone distraught with love for you is despoiled;

Robbed of all by you, by God,

It is fitting that the love-distraught be despoiled.

It is right for the crazed to be robbed.

عسى الذي قدر تفريقنا

عسى الذي قدر تفريقنا

يجمعنا والقرب ان يكتبا

يجمعنا والقرب ان يكتبا

May the One who decreed our separation

I hope He who destined our separation,

Reunite us, and may nearness be decreed.

Will unite us, and nearness will be written.

وحقكم يا من بكم مهجتي

وحقكم يا من بكم مهجتي

مولوعة رغما لمن انبا

مولوعة رغما لمن انبا

By your right, O you of whom my soul

You have the right, O you who have set my mind aflame,

Is enamored, despite whoever rebukes me.

Scorched despite those who blamed.

ما غبتمو عن ناظري طرفة

ما غبتمو عن ناظري طرفة

كذا قضى الباري ولا مهربا

كذا قضى الباري ولا مهربا

You have never vanished from my sight for a blink;

You did not disappear from my sight for a moment,

Thus the Creator decreed, and there is no escape.

Thus the Creator decreed, and there is no escape.

كفى غرامي وهيامي بكم

كفى غرامي وهيامي بكم

طورا وسكري في الهوى مشربا

طورا وسكري في الهوى مشربا

My passion and my rapture for you suffice—

Enough are my love and infatuation with you,

At times, with my intoxication in love—as a draught.

For a time, and my drunkenness in passion is my drink.

ما ارفع المعشوق في دسته

ما ارفع المعشوق في دسته

ما اهون العاشق ما اتعبا

ما اهون العاشق ما اتعبا

How exalted the beloved in his seat of honor!

The beloved does not raise whom he takes by the hand,

How lowly the lover, how weary!

How abased is the lover, how tired!