أَمالِك مُهجَتي كَم ذا تُوالي

أَمالِك مُهجَتي كَم ذا تُوالي

عَوارِفَ قَد أَتينَ عَلى التَوالي

عَوارِفَ قَد أَتينَ عَلى التَوالي

O master of my soul, how you keep bestowing

My friend, how long will you continue

favors that have come one after another!

Bestowing favors upon me continuously?

بَقِيتُ أَغُضُّ مِن طَرفي حَياءً

بَقِيتُ أَغُضُّ مِن طَرفي حَياءً

لَما اسدَيتَ مِن كَرَمِ الخِلالِ

لَما اسدَيتَ مِن كَرَمِ الخِلالِ

I have kept lowering my gaze in bashfulness

I lower my eyes in shyness

at the generosity of character you have shown.

For the generosity you have shown.

لَقَد شرَّفتَ بِالتَقريظِ وَضعي

لَقَد شرَّفتَ بِالتَقريظِ وَضعي

وَقَد شنَّفتَ سَمعي بِاللآلي

وَقَد شنَّفتَ سَمعي بِاللآلي

Indeed, you have honored my work with your commendation,

You have honored me with your praise

and you have adorned my hearing with pearls.

And delighted my hearing with your melodies.

فَما أَبقيتَ مِن مَعنىً غَريبٍ

فَما أَبقيتَ مِن مَعنىً غَريبٍ

توشِّيهِ بِلَفظٍ مِنكَ حالي

توشِّيهِ بِلَفظٍ مِنكَ حالي

So you have left no rare meaning

You have left no strange meaning

to adorn with elegant words of your own.

Without adorning it with a word of my state.

تُرى عشقتكَ أَبكارُ المَعاني

تُرى عشقتكَ أَبكارُ المَعاني

فَجئنكَ يَبتدِرنَ بِلا سُؤالِ

فَجئنكَ يَبتدِرنَ بِلا سُؤالِ

I wonder, have the virgin meanings fallen in love with you,

It seems the essences of meanings have fallen in love with you

and come rushing to you unbidden?

And come to you without asking.

جَديرٌ أَن يَزُرنَك رافِلاتٍ

جَديرٌ أَن يَزُرنَك رافِلاتٍ

عَرائِسُ قَد بَرَزنَ مِن الحِجالِ

عَرائِسُ قَد بَرَزنَ مِن الحِجالِ

It is fitting that they visit you, trailing their robes—

It is fitting that convoys of maidens

brides who have emerged from their curtained chambers—

Who have emerged from seclusion visit you.

لِتَكسوها محاسِنَ مِن عُلاكُم

لِتَكسوها محاسِنَ مِن عُلاكُم

وَتَمنَحنا المَفاخرَ وَالمَعالي

وَتَمنَحنا المَفاخرَ وَالمَعالي

that you may clothe them in beauties drawn from your eminence,

To adorn them with the beauties of your excellence

and grant us glories and high honors.

And grant us pride and loftiness.

حَبيبَ القَلبِ وُدّي مِن قَديمٍ

حَبيبَ القَلبِ وُدّي مِن قَديمٍ

صَحيحٌ لا تُغيِّرُهُ اللَيالي

صَحيحٌ لا تُغيِّرُهُ اللَيالي

Beloved of my heart, my long-standing affection

Beloved of my heart, my love for you is old,

is steadfast; the nights do not change it.

The nights cannot change it.

وَلَيلي مَع نَهاري في سُهادٍ

وَلَيلي مَع نَهاري في سُهادٍ

فَلَيسَ النَوم يَخطرُ لي بِبالي

فَلَيسَ النَوم يَخطرُ لي بِبالي

And my night and day are spent in sleeplessness,

My night and my day are in passion,

so sleep does not cross my mind.

Sleep does not occur to me.

وَصورَتُك الجَميلةُ نُصبَ عَيني

وَصورَتُك الجَميلةُ نُصبَ عَيني

فَلَستُ بِطالِبٍ زَورَ الخَيالِ

فَلَستُ بِطالِبٍ زَورَ الخَيالِ

And your beautiful image is before my eyes,

Your beautiful image is before my eyes,

so I do not seek the phantom’s visit.

I am not one who seeks false fantasies.

لَقَد أَلغَزتُ في نَظمي بِسرٍّ

لَقَد أَلغَزتُ في نَظمي بِسرٍّ

تحارُ بِفَكِّهِ فُصحَ الرِجالِ

تحارُ بِفَكِّهِ فُصحَ الرِجالِ

Indeed, I have set a secret riddle in my verse,

I have composed mysteries in my verse

whose unraveling bewilders eloquent men.

That the eloquent struggle to unravel.

وَمبتدَئي لَهُ خبرٌ غَريبٌ

وَمبتدَئي لَهُ خبرٌ غَريبٌ

وَمنفصلٌ شَبيهٌ بِاتِصالِ

وَمنفصلٌ شَبيهٌ بِاتِصالِ

And my subject has an unusual predicate,

My beginning has a strange report

and what is detached resembles what is joined.

And my end is akin to my start.