أَتَرْغَبَ في الحَيَاةِ ولَحْظُ هِنْدِ

أَتَرْغَبَ في الحَيَاةِ ولَحْظُ هِنْدِ

عَلَيْنَا مِنْهُ سُلَّتْ أَيٌّ هِنْدي

عَلَيْنَا مِنْهُ سُلَّتْ أَيٌّ هِنْدي

Do you desire life? Yet Hind's glance—

Do you desire the moment of bliss, O friend

what an Indian blade is drawn from it against us!

Upon us from it descend, which bliss O friend?

تَعَرَّضْنَا لِمُقْلَتِهَا إِلى أَنْ

تَعَرَّضْنَا لِمُقْلَتِهَا إِلى أَنْ

تَرَاضَعْنَا كُؤُوسَ هَوىً وَوَجْدِ

تَرَاضَعْنَا كُؤُوسَ هَوىً وَوَجْدِ

We exposed ourselves to her eye until

We were exposed to her coquetry until

we suckled together from cups of passion and longing.

We sucked cups of love and fervor

فَهَاتِ على اسْمِهَا كاسِي فَأنَّى

فَهَاتِ على اسْمِهَا كاسِي فَأنَّى

تُعَدِّى الكَأْسَ مَعْ ظَمْآنَ بَعْدِ

تُعَدِّى الكَأْسَ مَعْ ظَمْآنَ بَعْدِ

Then bring my cup in her name; how can you

So bring in her name my cup that I

pass the cup on while someone still thirsts?

Pass the cup despite thirst afterward

وَوَالِ كُؤُوسَهَا حَتَّى تَرَانِي

وَوَالِ كُؤُوسَهَا حَتَّى تَرَانِي

وَعَيْنِي لاَ تَرَاكَ وَأَنْتَ عِنْدي

وَعَيْنِي لاَ تَرَاكَ وَأَنْتَ عِنْدي

And keep her cups coming until you see me—

And frequent her cups until you see me

my eye not seeing you, though you are with me—

While my eye sees you not, and you are next to me

مُدَاماً مَا الحَبَابُ بِهَا سِوَاها

مُدَاماً مَا الحَبَابُ بِهَا سِوَاها

لَهَا مِنْهَا عَلَيْهَا أَيُّ عَقْدِ

لَهَا مِنْهَا عَلَيْهَا أَيُّ عَقْدِ

as wine, whose bubbles are none other than itself:

A long time, nothing pleases lovers but it

what a necklace it has, from itself, upon itself!

It has upon it, which pact O friend?

أُنَاوِلُهَا نَدِيميَ فَهْوَ مِثْلِي

أُنَاوِلُهَا نَدِيميَ فَهْوَ مِثْلِي

وَفِيتُ بِعَهْدِهِ وَوَفَى بِعَهْدِي

وَفِيتُ بِعَهْدِهِ وَوَفَى بِعَهْدِي

I pass it to my drinking companion, for he is like me;

I give it to my boon companion, and he is like me

I kept his covenant, and he kept mine.

And I fulfill my pact, and he fulfilled my pact

كَتُومُ السِّرِّ لاَ ألْقَاهُ غَيْرِي

كَتُومُ السِّرِّ لاَ ألْقَاهُ غَيْرِي

إذَا مَا كَانَ عِنْدِيَ كُنْتُ وَحْدِي

إذَا مَا كَانَ عِنْدِيَ كُنْتُ وَحْدِي

He guards the secret well; I find him none other than myself.

Keeper of secrets, I do not divulge it but to myself

Whenever he is with me, I am alone.

When it is with me, I was alone

تَفَرْقَنَا نَوَىً فَأمَرَّ حُلْوِي

تَفَرْقَنَا نَوَىً فَأمَرَّ حُلْوِي

وَكَدْرَ بِالتَّفَرُّقِ صَفْوَ وُودِّي

وَكَدْرَ بِالتَّفَرُّقِ صَفْوَ وُودِّي

Distance parted us and made my sweetness bitter,

We intended to part, so he soured my sweetness

and through parting clouded the purity of my love.

And troubled by parting, the purity of my love

فَلَمْ أَرَ ذَا تَهُورٍ مِثْلَ طَرْفِي

فَلَمْ أَرَ ذَا تَهُورٍ مِثْلَ طَرْفِي

عَصَرْتُ الدَّمْعَ مِنْهُ فَجَاءَ وِرْدِي

عَصَرْتُ الدَّمْعَ مِنْهُ فَجَاءَ وِرْدِي

I have seen none so reckless as my eye:

So I saw no one as reckless as my glance

I wrung tears from it, and my draught came forth.

I squeezed tears from it, and it came my roses

وَلاَ كَحَشَايَ تُقْدَحُ فِيهِ نَارٌ

وَلاَ كَحَشَايَ تُقْدَحُ فِيهِ نَارٌ

تُذَكَّرُ مَالِكِيهِ بِغَيْرِ زَنْدِ

تُذَكَّرُ مَالِكِيهِ بِغَيْرِ زَنْدِ

Nor anything like my heart, where a fire is struck

Nor a goblet in which fire is kindled

at the remembrance of its masters, without a fire-stick.

Reminding its owners without ember

أَمَا مِنْ مُسْعَدٍ يَا سَعْدُ أَشْكُو

أَمَا مِنْ مُسْعَدٍ يَا سَعْدُ أَشْكُو

صَبَابَاتِي إِلْيهِ وَفَرْطَ وَجْدي

صَبَابَاتِي إِلْيهِ وَفَرْطَ وَجْدي

Is there no comforter, O Sa'd, to whom I may lament

Is there no fortunate one, O Saad, I complain to

my lovesick yearnings and my overwhelming passion?

My fervent love for him and the excess of my passion

شَرِبْتُ مُدامَ نُعْمَى مِنْ قَدِيمٍ

شَرِبْتُ مُدامَ نُعْمَى مِنْ قَدِيمٍ

مُرَوَّقَةً وَلَيْسَتْ ذَاتُ دُرْدِي

مُرَوَّقَةً وَلَيْسَتْ ذَاتُ دُرْدِي

I drank the wine of bounty long ago,

I drank old fine wine

clarified, and free of lees.

Refined, and not harsh

فَأَعْجَزَ بَعضُ أًَيْسَرِهَا بَنَانِي

فَأَعْجَزَ بَعضُ أًَيْسَرِهَا بَنَانِي

عَلَى بَذْلِي لَهَا مَا فَوْقَ جُهْدِي

عَلَى بَذْلِي لَهَا مَا فَوْقَ جُهْدِي

Yet even a fraction of its least has defeated my fingers,

So the easiest of it disabled me

though I devote to it more than my strength can bear.

From giving to it what's beyond my ability

فَدَيْتُكَ جَامِعاً للْفَضْلِ فيهِ

فَدَيْتُكَ جَامِعاً للْفَضْلِ فيهِ

يُؤذِّنُ دَائِماً مَدْحِي وَحَمْدِي

يُؤذِّنُ دَائِماً مَدْحِي وَحَمْدِي

May I be your ransom, O mosque of excellence, where

So I ransom you, gathering virtue in it

my praise and thanks forever sound the call to prayer.

It always proclaims my praise and laudation

وَمُشْتَاقٍ ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ اسمَ لَيْلَى

وَمُشْتَاقٍ ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ اسمَ لَيْلَى

فَهَامَ بِهَا وَذِكْرُ الحُبَّ يُعْدِي

فَهَامَ بِهَا وَذِكْرُ الحُبَّ يُعْدِي

And to a yearning lover I spoke Layla's name;

And a longing one, I mentioned to him Layla's name

he grew mad for her: the mention of love is contagious.

So he became possessed with her, and the mention of love is contagious

عَلَيِّ لهُ وعنْدِي مَا يُرَجَّى

عَلَيِّ لهُ وعنْدِي مَا يُرَجَّى

وَبُشْرَى مِنْ عَلِيِّ لَهُ وَعِنْدِي

وَبُشْرَى مِنْ عَلِيِّ لَهُ وَعِنْدِي

I owe him—and have in my keeping—what is hoped for;

To me for him is what is hoped for

and I hold glad tidings from Ali for him.

And good tidings from the Most High for him and with me

لأَنِّي قَبْلُ مَنْ قَدْ جَاءَ قَبْلِي

لأَنِّي قَبْلُ مَنْ قَدْ جَاءَ قَبْلِي

هُنَاكَ وَبَعْدُ مَنْ قَدْ جَاءَ بَعْدِي

هُنَاكَ وَبَعْدُ مَنْ قَدْ جَاءَ بَعْدِي

For I am before whoever came before me

Because I before, am one who came before

there, and after whoever came after me.

Thereafter, and one who came thereafter

وَلِي في مَا يُقالُ كَلاَمُ حُرٍّ

وَلِي في مَا يُقالُ كَلاَمُ حُرٍّ

وَفِي مَالاَ يُقالُ سُكُونُ عَبْدِ

وَفِي مَالاَ يُقالُ سُكُونُ عَبْدِ

And in what is said, mine is a free man's speech;

And I have in what is said the words of a freeman

and in what is not said, a slave's stillness.

And in what isn't said, the silence of a slave