لي بالأَحبة ما لهم بي انما

لي بالأَحبة ما لهم بي انما

شتان بين عقولهموَجنوني

شتان بين عقولهموَجنوني

I feel for my loved ones what they feel for me; yet

My loved ones have no love for me, rather

how far apart are their reason and my madness!

There is a vast difference between their minds and my madness

حَتّى إِذا ما ملت عنهم نَحوَ من

حَتّى إِذا ما ملت عنهم نَحوَ من

يُملي علي جنونه حسدوني

يُملي علي جنونه حسدوني

Until, when I turned away from them toward one

Until when I grew weary of them towards someone

who dictates his madness to me, they envied me.

Who inspires madness in me, they envied me

لبيك يا مَجنون يا هَذا الزَمي

لبيك يا مَجنون يا هَذا الزَمي

ل وَمنصفي مِمّا به وَصموني

ل وَمنصفي مِمّا به وَصموني

At your service, madman—O companion,

I have no equal or sympathizer for what they attributed to me

and my vindicator against what they branded me with.

Why do people ridicule us when they

ما لِلخَلائق يَسخرون بنا وَهم

ما لِلخَلائق يَسخرون بنا وَهم

لَو انصفوا لثموك أَو لَثَموني

لَو انصفوا لثموك أَو لَثَموني

Why do people mock us, when they

If they were fair, they would either blame or kiss me

would kiss you or me if they were fair?

So he answered me, they work without guidance

فاجابَني هم يَعمَلون بلا هُدى

فاجابَني هم يَعمَلون بلا هُدى

وَيَرون لا بقلوبهم بعيون

وَيَرون لا بقلوبهم بعيون

Then he answered me: They act without guidance,

And see not with their hearts but with their eyes

and see not with their hearts, but with eyes.

And sanctify their bodies and its pleasures

وَيقدسون جسومهم ومذيقها

وَيقدسون جسومهم ومذيقها

عيش الخَليع وَراحة المَفتون

عيش الخَليع وَراحة المَفتون

And they worship their bodies and what gives them a taste of

The life of the villain and the comfort of the tempted

the libertine's life and the infatuated one's ease.

And they crown their heads with thorns and not

وَيكللون رؤوسهم بالشوك وال

وَيكللون رؤوسهم بالشوك وال

ازهار تحت نعالهم في الدون

ازهار تحت نعالهم في الدون

And they crown their heads with thorns, while the

The flowers under their feet in lowness

flowers lie beneath their sandals, down below.

And they fight the daring of snakes with what

وَيحاربون جسارة الافعى بِما

وَيحاربون جسارة الافعى بِما

هُوَ الحَرير بلمسه وَاللون

هُوَ الحَرير بلمسه وَاللون

And they fight the serpent's boldness with what

Is silk to the touch and in color

is silk in touch and color.

They laugh when they meet while their insides

هم يَضحَكون إِذا تَلاقوا بَينَما

هم يَضحَكون إِذا تَلاقوا بَينَما

احشاؤهم من بعضهم كاتون

احشاؤهم من بعضهم كاتون

They laugh when they meet, while

Are stoked from each other like an oven

their insides are like a furnace because of one another.

The voice of the crow is uglier and more ominous

صوت الغُراب شناعة وَتشاؤما

صوت الغُراب شناعة وَتشاؤما

أَبهى لهم من نغمة الحسون

أَبهى لهم من نغمة الحسون

The raven's cry, ugly and ominous,

To them than the melody of the nightingale

is lovelier to them than the goldfinch's song.

Say what you want, however you want, for they

قل ما تَشاء كَما تَشاء فانهم

قل ما تَشاء كَما تَشاء فانهم

ظَلَموكَ ايضا مِثلَما ظَلَموني

ظَلَموكَ ايضا مِثلَما ظَلَموني

Say what you wish, however you wish, for they

Have wronged you just as they have wronged me

have wronged you too, just as they wronged me.

That was an hour between two madmen

هيَ ساعَة مرت عَلى نفرين مج

هيَ ساعَة مرت عَلى نفرين مج

نونين بين دعابة وَمجون

نونين بين دعابة وَمجون

It was an hour that passed over two men—

Among playfulness and madness

both mad—amid jest and wanton mirth.

And if after it I see any happiness for me

واذا رايت سعادة لي بعدها

واذا رايت سعادة لي بعدها

فأَنا السَعيد بساعة المَجنون

فأَنا السَعيد بساعة المَجنون

And if you see happiness in me afterward,

Then I am happy with the madman's hour

then I am happy because of that hour with the madman.