إِذَا مَاسَ مَنْ يَهْوَاكَ تِيهاً فَلاَ عُتْبُ

إِذَا مَاسَ مَنْ يَهْوَاكَ تِيهاً فَلاَ عُتْبُ

وَمَنْ ذَا يَرَى ذَاكَ الجَمَالَ فَلاَ يَصْبُو

وَمَنْ ذَا يَرَى ذَاكَ الجَمَالَ فَلاَ يَصْبُو

If one who loves you sways in pride, there is no blame.

When one who adores you is led astray, do not reproach,

And who could behold that beauty and not yearn?

And who can behold that beauty and not melt away?

ومَنْ ذا الَّذي يُسْقَى بِذِكْرِكَ قَهْوَةً

ومَنْ ذا الَّذي يُسْقَى بِذِكْرِكَ قَهْوَةً

وَلاَ يَنْثَنِي تِيهاً وَيَزْهُو بِهِ العُجْبُ

وَلاَ يَنْثَنِي تِيهاً وَيَزْهُو بِهِ العُجْبُ

And who is given wine through remembrance of you,

Who can be given your mention as coffee to drink,

Yet does not sway in pride, as self-admiration exalts him?

And not sway drunkenly, amazed by glorious wonder?

سَبَيْتَ الوَرَى حُسْناً وَأَنْتَ مُحَجَّبٌ

سَبَيْتَ الوَرَى حُسْناً وَأَنْتَ مُحَجَّبٌ

فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَهْوَاكَ إِنْ زَالَتِ الحُجْبُ

فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ يَهْوَاكَ إِنْ زَالَتِ الحُجْبُ

You have taken creation captive with your beauty, though you are veiled.

You have captured all creation with your veiled beauty,

What then of one who loves you, if the veils fall away?

Then what of one who adores you, should the veils fall away?

وَأَصْبَحْتَ مَعْشُوقَ القُلُوبِ بِأَسْرِهَا

وَأَصْبَحْتَ مَعْشُوقَ القُلُوبِ بِأَسْرِهَا

وَمَاذَرَّةٌ فِي الكَوْنِ إِلاَّ لَهَا قَلْبُ

وَمَاذَرَّةٌ فِي الكَوْنِ إِلاَّ لَهَا قَلْبُ

And you have become the beloved of all hearts,

In the morning you were the beloved of every heart,

And not an atom in the universe is without a heart.

There is no mote in the cosmos that does not have a heart.

إِذَا سَكِرَ العُشَّاقُ كُنْتَ نَدِيمَهُمْ

إِذَا سَكِرَ العُشَّاقُ كُنْتَ نَدِيمَهُمْ

وأنتَ لَهُمْ سَاقٍ وَأَنْتَ لَهُمْ شُرْبُ

وأنتَ لَهُمْ سَاقٍ وَأَنْتَ لَهُمْ شُرْبُ

When lovers grow drunk, you are their drinking companion,

When lovers grow drunk, you are their boon companion,

And you are their cupbearer, and you are their drink.

You are for them both the cup-bearer and the wine.

وَإِنْ زَمْزَمَ الحَادِي وَمَالُوا صَبَابَةً

وَإِنْ زَمْزَمَ الحَادِي وَمَالُوا صَبَابَةً

فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ قَصْدٌ سِوَاكَ وَلا أَرْبُ

فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ قَصْدٌ سِوَاكَ وَلا أَرْبُ

And if the camel-driver chants softly and they sway with longing,

And when the lovesick sing your name and sway tipsily,

Then they have no aim or desire but you.

They desire nothing but you, and no other.

وَلِمْ لاَ يَذْوبُ العَاشِقُونَ صَبَابَةً

وَلِمْ لاَ يَذْوبُ العَاشِقُونَ صَبَابَةً

وَوَجْداً وسُلْطَانُ المِلاَحِ لَهُمْ حِبُّ

وَوَجْداً وسُلْطَانُ المِلاَحِ لَهُمْ حِبُّ

And why should lovers not melt with longing

Why do lovers not melt away in fervor and passion?

And ecstasy, when the sovereign of the fair is their beloved?

For the authority of infatuation is their great love.