يا نازحاً عني ولو

يا نازحاً عني ولو

أسطيع ما فارقتُهُ

أسطيع ما فارقتُهُ

O one far from me—had

O you who left me, even if

I the power, I would not have parted from him—

I could, I would not have left you

ومؤلّفاً مني هوى

ومؤلّفاً مني هوى

لسواهُ قد فرَّقته

لسواهُ قد فرَّقته

and one who gathered together my love

And one who is made of my love

that I had scattered on others;

I have parted from all but him

ومعلقاً أملي به

ومعلقاً أملي به

من بعد ما عُلِّقتُه

من بعد ما عُلِّقتُه

and one who bound my hope to him

And my hopes hung on him

after I became attached to him.

After I had hung them on you

الله يعلم أنني

الله يعلم أنني

فتُّ الغرام وفقته

فتُّ الغرام وفقته

God knows that I

God knows that I

have outstripped passion and surpassed it.

Was passionate in love and devoted to it

وجهلتُ ما فعَل الهوى

وجهلتُ ما فعَل الهوى

في النأي حتى ذقته

في النأي حتى ذقته

I knew not what love wrought

And I was ignorant of what love would do

in separation until I tasted it.

In separation, until I tasted it

وظننت أني شيّق

وظننت أني شيّق

فالآن قد حققته

فالآن قد حققته

And I thought myself full of longing;

And thought I was enduring

now I have truly confirmed it.

But now I have realized it

وملكت أنسي بعدكم

وملكت أنسي بعدكم

لكنني أعتقته

لكنني أعتقته

And I possessed my solace after you left,

And I possessed my intimacy after you

but I set it free.

But I have freed it

كم أورق جاريته

كم أورق جاريته

شأو الأسى فسبقته

شأو الأسى فسبقته

How many a gray dove I have raced

How the branches of his affection flourished

along sorrow's course—and outstripped!

The affliction of longing preceded it

ما زلتُ أسكب مدمعي

ما زلتُ أسكب مدمعي

حتى لقد أنطقته

حتى لقد أنطقته

I kept pouring out my tears

I continue to shed my tears

until, indeed, I made them speak.

Until I have made them speak

لم ادرِ إذ غَنَّى ونُحتُ

لم ادرِ إذ غَنَّى ونُحتُ

أشاقني أم شقته

أشاقني أم شقته

I knew not, when it sang and I lamented,

I did not know, when he sang and was sculpted

whether it stirred my longing or I stirred its own.

Whether he made me suffer or split me

إن كان صبري بائداً

إن كان صبري بائداً

يوماً فهذا وقته

يوماً فهذا وقته

If my patience is to perish

If my patience was lost

one day, then this is its time.

One day, this would be its time

فالقلب قد أحرقته

فالقلب قد أحرقته

والجفن قد أغرقته

والجفن قد أغرقته

For the heart—I have burned it,

For I have burnt the heart

and the eyelid—I have drowned it.

And drowned the eyelids

وبليت غير صبابة

وبليت غير صبابة

من مدمع رقرقته

من مدمع رقرقته

And I have wasted away, save for a remnant

And been troubled without any youthfulness

of tears I set shimmering.

From the flowing tears I have shed

لولا رجاءُ لقائكم

لولا رجاءُ لقائكم

من بعدها لأرقته

من بعدها لأرقته

Were it not for hope of meeting you

If not for hoping to meet you

afterward, I would have poured it out.

After it, I would have kept it sleepless