ذَكَرْتُكَ فَارْتَاعَ الفُؤَادُ صَبَابَةً

ذَكَرْتُكَ فَارْتَاعَ الفُؤَادُ صَبَابَةً

إِلَيْكَ وَمَالِي مِنْ إِسَارِكَ مَنْفَذُ

إِلَيْكَ وَمَالِي مِنْ إِسَارِكَ مَنْفَذُ

I remembered you, and my heart trembled with longing

I remembered you, so my heart fluttered

for you; I have no escape from your bonds.

Towards you, and I have no escape from your bondage

ذُعِرْتُ لِفُقْدَانِ الوِصَالِ بِغُرَّةٍ

ذُعِرْتُ لِفُقْدَانِ الوِصَالِ بِغُرَّةٍ

وَذَلِكَ ذُعْرٌ لَيْسَ مِنْهُ تَعَوُّذُ

وَذَلِكَ ذُعْرٌ لَيْسَ مِنْهُ تَعَوُّذُ

I was terrified at losing union with a radiant brow,

I was startled by the loss of union suddenly

and that is a terror from which there is no refuge.

That is a fright from which there is no talisman

ذَمَائِيَ مَسْفُوحٌ بِمِدْرَجَةِ الهَوَى

ذَمَائِيَ مَسْفُوحٌ بِمِدْرَجَةِ الهَوَى

وَقَلْبِي بِنِيرَانِ الصَّبَابَةِ يُنْبَذُ

وَقَلْبِي بِنِيرَانِ الصَّبَابَةِ يُنْبَذُ

My last remnant of life is spilled along passion's path,

My tears flow down the staircase of passion

and my heart is cast into the fires of longing.

And my heart is thrown into the fires of fluttering

ذَوَارفُ دَمْعِي بِالدِّمَاءِ مَشُوبَةٌ

ذَوَارفُ دَمْعِي بِالدِّمَاءِ مَشُوبَةٌ

وَمَا ذَاكَ إلاَّ أَنَّ قَلْبِي مُجَذَّذُ

وَمَا ذَاكَ إلاَّ أَنَّ قَلْبِي مُجَذَّذُ

My streaming tears are mingled with blood,

The overflowing of my tears mixed with blood

and that is only because my heart is cut to shreds.

That is only because my heart is wounded

ذَهَلْتُ عَنِ السُّلْوَانِ وَالحُبُّ آفَةٌ

ذَهَلْتُ عَنِ السُّلْوَانِ وَالحُبُّ آفَةٌ

يَحَارُ بِهَا النِّحْرِيرُ وَهْوَ مُجَهْبَذُ

يَحَارُ بِهَا النِّحْرِيرُ وَهْوَ مُجَهْبَذُ

I lost all thought of solace; love is an affliction

I became heedless of joy, and love is a calamity

that bewilders the adept, expert though he is.

In which silk is confused, and it is tousled

ذَرَانِي فَمَا عَرَّضْتُ للِحُبِّ مُهْجَتِي

ذَرَانِي فَمَا عَرَّضْتُ للِحُبِّ مُهْجَتِي

وَلَكنْ سِهَامُ الحُبِّ فِي القَلْبِ نُفَّذُ

وَلَكنْ سِهَامُ الحُبِّ فِي القَلْبِ نُفَّذُ

Leave me, you two, for I did not expose my lifeblood to love,

It let me be, so I did not expose myself to love

yet love's arrows pierce the heart.

But the arrows of love penetrated my heart

ذَوَى زُهْدِيَ اللَّذَاتِ فِيكَ صَبَابَةً

ذَوَى زُهْدِيَ اللَّذَاتِ فِيكَ صَبَابَةً

كَأَنَّ انْسِكَابَ المُزْنِ مِنِّيَ يُؤْخَذُ

كَأَنَّ انْسِكَابَ المُزْنِ مِنِّيَ يُؤْخَذُ

My renunciation of pleasures withered in longing for you,

My abstinence from pleasures in you melted away

as though the rainclouds' downpour were borrowed from me.

As if the dripping of sap from me is taken away

ذُؤَابُ الأَسَى بَيْنَ الجَوَانِحِ لاَمِعٌ

ذُؤَابُ الأَسَى بَيْنَ الجَوَانِحِ لاَمِعٌ

وَلَيْسَ بَقْلْبِي مِنْ عِذَارَيْهِ مُنْقِذُ

وَلَيْسَ بَقْلْبِي مِنْ عِذَارَيْهِ مُنْقِذُ

Grief's flame-tip gleams between my ribs,

The flames of sorrow glisten between my bosoms

and my heart has no rescuer from his twin sidelocks.

And my heart has no rescuer from its sparks

ذَلَلْتُ لِمَحْبُوبٍ هُوَ العِزُّ كُلُّهُ

ذَلَلْتُ لِمَحْبُوبٍ هُوَ العِزُّ كُلُّهُ

عَلَى أَنَّنِي فِي ذِلَّتِي أتَلَذَّذُ

عَلَى أَنَّنِي فِي ذِلَّتِي أتَلَذَّذُ

I humbled myself before a beloved who is all glory,

I surrendered to a beloved who is all glory

though I take delight in my abasement.

So that I relish my humiliation

ذِمَامُكَ مَحْفُوظٌ وَحَقُّكَ وَاجِبٌ

ذِمَامُكَ مَحْفُوظٌ وَحَقُّكَ وَاجِبٌ

وَحُبُّكَ مَحْتُومٌ وَأَنْتَ المُنَفِّذُ

وَحُبُّكَ مَحْتُومٌ وَأَنْتَ المُنَفِّذُ

Your covenant is kept, and your due is binding;

Your protection is kept, your right is obligatory

and love for you is decreed, and you are its enforcer.

Your love is destined, and you are the executor