ألَم يأنِ أَن يَروى فؤادُ مُتَيَّمٍ

ألَم يأنِ أَن يَروى فؤادُ مُتَيَّمٍ

تفيضُ مَاقي جَفنهِ وَهوَ يَظمَأُ

تفيضُ مَاقي جَفنهِ وَهوَ يَظمَأُ

Has the time not come for a lover's heart to drink its fill?

Has not the time come for the heart of an ardent lover to be sated,

The corners of his eyelids overflow, yet he thirsts.

While tears flow from his eyelids though he thirsts?

أصابَتهُ عَينٌ أغمَدَت نَصلَ وَصلِهِ

أصابَتهُ عَينٌ أغمَدَت نَصلَ وَصلِهِ

وقَلبُ الهَوي مَن كانَ قَلبٌ مُرَزَّأ

وقَلبُ الهَوي مَن كانَ قَلبٌ مُرَزَّأ

An eye struck him, sheathing the blade of his union;

An eye has struck him that sheathed the blade of his connection,

And the lover's heart, whoever he may be, is a heart sorely afflicted.

And the heart of passion is what was once a protected heart.

أُحِبُّ حَبيبا لا أُسَمَّيهِ هَيبَةً

أُحِبُّ حَبيبا لا أُسَمَّيهِ هَيبَةً

وَكتمُ الهَوى للقَلبِ أنكى وأنكأُ

وَكتمُ الهَوى للقَلبِ أنكى وأنكأُ

I love a beloved whom I do not name, out of awe;

I love a beloved I do not name out of awe,

And concealing love is more grievous and more wounding to the heart.

And hiding passion is more painful for the heart.

أغارُ عَليهِ مِن هَوايَ وكيفَ لا

أغارُ عَليهِ مِن هَوايَ وكيفَ لا

أغارُ عَلَيهِ مِن سَوايَ وأبرَأُ

أغارُ عَلَيهِ مِن سَوايَ وأبرَأُ

I am jealous over him even of my own love—how could I not

I am jealous of my love for him, so how can I not

Be jealous over him of others—and how could I recover?

Be jealous of anyone else and declare innocent?

أَبِيتُ أُعاني فيهِ حَرَّ جَوانِحِي

أَبِيتُ أُعاني فيهِ حَرَّ جَوانِحِي

وَبينَ جُفُوني مَدمَعٌ لَيسَ يَرقأُ

وَبينَ جُفُوني مَدمَعٌ لَيسَ يَرقأُ

I spend the night enduring, for his sake, the burning in my breast,

I stay up suffering from the heat of my sides,

And between my eyelids is a flow of tears that will not cease.

And between my eyelids is a tear that does not dry.

أراهُ بقَلبٍ كُلَّ يَومٍ ولَيلَةٍ

أراهُ بقَلبٍ كُلَّ يَومٍ ولَيلَةٍ

وإن كنتُ عَن وِردِ الوِصالِ أُحَلأُ

وإن كنتُ عَن وِردِ الوِصالِ أُحَلأُ

I see him with my heart each day and night,

I see him in my heart every day and night,

Though I am driven away from the watering-place of union.

Even though I am deprived of the visitation of union.

أتَانِي كِتابٌ مِنهُ قُمتُ بِحَقِّهِ

أتَانِي كِتابٌ مِنهُ قُمتُ بِحَقِّهِ

فَها أنَا أبكي مَا استَطَعتُ وأقرأُ

فَها أنَا أبكي مَا استَطَعتُ وأقرأُ

A letter came to me from him; I gave it its due:

A letter came to me from him. I stood up for his right

So here I am, weeping as much as I can, and reading.

And here I am, crying as much as I was able and reading.

أيا مَن هَواهُ حَلَّ سَمعِي ونَاظِري

أيا مَن هَواهُ حَلَّ سَمعِي ونَاظِري

وَقَلبي فَمالي مِنهُ مَنجَىً ومَلجَأُ

وَقَلبي فَمالي مِنهُ مَنجَىً ومَلجَأُ

O you whose love has lodged in my hearing and my eye,

O he whose love took hold of my hearing and sight

And my heart—so I have no escape or refuge from it.

And my heart - what refuge and sanctuary do I have from him?

أَغِثني بِيَومٍ مِن لقائِكَ واحدٍ

أَغِثني بِيَومٍ مِن لقائِكَ واحدٍ

فإنّي بيومٍ من لقائِكَ أجزَأُ

فإنّي بيومٍ من لقائِكَ أجزَأُ

Rescue me with a single day of meeting you;

Help me with a single day of meeting you

For I am content with a day of meeting you.

For I will be satisfied with a day of meeting you.

أُعلِّلُ نَفسي مِنكَ بالوَصلِ والرِّضَا

أُعلِّلُ نَفسي مِنكَ بالوَصلِ والرِّضَا

ومَن لي بهِ وَهوَ النَّعيمُ المُهَنَّأُ

ومَن لي بهِ وَهوَ النَّعيمُ المُهَنَّأُ

I console myself with hopes of union and favor from you;

I console myself from you with connection and consent,

And who can secure it for me—that untroubled bliss?

And who can grant me that, which is blissful prosperity?