هَذا الصَباح قَد اِبتَسَم

هَذا الصَباح قَد اِبتَسَم

فَأَزاحَ تَعبيس الظُلم

فَأَزاحَ تَعبيس الظُلم

This morning has smiled.

This morning has smiled

So it dispelled the scowl of darkness.

And erased the gloominess of darkness

وَاِفتَرَ ثَغر الأُقحوا

وَاِفتَرَ ثَغر الأُقحوا

نة مِن بُكا طَرف الديم

نة مِن بُكا طَرف الديم

And the daisy's mouth parted in a smile

And unlocked the lips of buds

from the weeping of the steady rain's eye.

From the weeping of dewdrops

وَالرَعد يُملي وَالسَحا

وَالرَعد يُملي وَالسَحا

ب إِذا تَفهَمهُ اِنسَجَم

ب إِذا تَفهَمهُ اِنسَجَم

And thunder dictates, and the clouds,

And thunder dictates and rain

when they understand it, pour down.

When it is understood, it harmonizes

وَالبَرق يَكتُبهُ عَلى

وَالبَرق يَكتُبهُ عَلى

طُرس الغَمام بِلا قَلَم

طُرس الغَمام بِلا قَلَم

And lightning writes it upon

And lightning writes it

the parchment of the clouds, without a pen.

On the clouds without a pen

فَكَأَنَّهُ بِدُموع أَجفاني

فَكَأَنَّهُ بِدُموع أَجفاني

يُذهّب ما رقم

يُذهّب ما رقم

So, as though with tears from my eyelids,

So it's as if with my eyelids' tears

it gilds what it has inscribed.

It takes away what was destined

ما لِلهُموم وَلِلأَلم

ما لِلهُموم وَلِلأَلم

إِلّا المُدامة وَالنَغَم

إِلّا المُدامة وَالنَغَم

For cares and pain there is nothing

Woe and pain

but wine and melody.

Deserve only wine and melody

فَاِشرَب وَدَع شَكوى صُرو

فَاِشرَب وَدَع شَكوى صُرو

ف الدَهر أَنصف أَو ظلم

ف الدَهر أَنصف أَو ظلم

So drink—and stop lamenting the vicissitudes

So drink and stop complaining if fate

of time, whether it deals fairly or unjustly—

Was fair or unjust

مَشمولة قَد رَققت

مَشمولة قَد رَققت

أَجزاءُها أَيدي القَدَم

أَجزاءُها أَيدي القَدَم

wine cooled by the north wind, its components already refined

The dilapidated structure

by the hands of antiquity.

Whose parts have been worn by time

لَم يَدرِ مَن قَد كانَ عا

لَم يَدرِ مَن قَد كانَ عا

صَرها وَلا باني أَرَم

صَرها وَلا باني أَرَم

The one who once pressed it did not know,

No one knows who its builder was

nor did the builder of Iram:

Or who dwelled in it before

قَد روقت مِن قَبل أَن

قَد روقت مِن قَبل أَن

يَبدو الوُجود مِن العَدَم

يَبدو الوُجود مِن العَدَم

it had been clarified before

It existed before

existence emerged from nothingness.

Existence emerged from nothingness

وَاِمزج مَدامك إِنَّما المَمزوج

وَاِمزج مَدامك إِنَّما المَمزوج

شُرب مَن اِحتَشَم

شُرب مَن اِحتَشَم

And mix your wine: mixed wine is but

Mix your wine for only the blended

the drink of one who shows restraint.

Is fit to be imbibed by the dignified

أَني سَامزج صَرفَها

أَني سَامزج صَرفَها

مِن دَمع أَجفاني بِدَم

مِن دَمع أَجفاني بِدَم

I shall mix its pure draught

I mix it from the tears

with tears from my eyelids and blood.

Of my eyelids with blood

مِن مُنصِفي مِن ظالم

مِن مُنصِفي مِن ظالم

لِي وَهُوَ خَصمي وَالحُكم

لِي وَهُوَ خَصمي وَالحُكم

Who will give me justice against one who wrongs

Of my impartial and unjust

me, while he is my adversary and judge?

Opponent who is also the judge

ما أَن رَآني باكياً

ما أَن رَآني باكياً

مِن حُبِهِ إِلّا اِبتَسَم

مِن حُبِهِ إِلّا اِبتَسَم

No sooner did he see me weeping

No sooner did he see me

for love of him than he smiled.

Crying from love than he smiled

دَنفَ اللَحاظ صَحيحُها

دَنفَ اللَحاظ صَحيحُها

أَغرى بِمدنفِهِ السقم

أَغرى بِمدنفِهِ السقم

Languid of glance, yet sound of eye,

The glance of the eyelids, though languid

he set sickness upon his lovesick lover.

Tempted with its sickness

أَبَداً يَزيد إِلَيهِ شَو

أَبَداً يَزيد إِلَيهِ شَو

ق القَلب واصل أَو صَرم

ق القَلب واصل أَو صَرم

Forever the longing for him grows

Never does the heart's passion for him

in the heart, whether he draws close or breaks away.

Increase, whether joined or separated

ما نِلت مِن كَلفي بِهِ

ما نِلت مِن كَلفي بِهِ

إِلّا التَعني وَالتُهَم

إِلّا التَعني وَالتُهَم

I gained nothing from my passion for him

I have not obtained from my anguish over him

but suffering and accusations.

Except disgrace and accusations

لا وَالمَحبة ما مَشَت

لا وَالمَحبة ما مَشَت

في رَيبة مني قَدَم

في رَيبة مني قَدَم

No, by love! No foot of mine has walked

Nor has love ever walked

into anything suspect.

In doubt towards me, not one step

ما زالَ لي أَبَداً رَقيب

ما زالَ لي أَبَداً رَقيب

مِن عَفاف أَو كَرَم

مِن عَفاف أَو كَرَم

I have always had a watchful guardian:

He has never ceased being my guardian

chastity or nobility.

Of chastity or generosity

يا راقِداً اللَيل التَما

يا راقِداً اللَيل التَما

م فَدَتكَ عَينٌ لَم تَنَم

م فَدَتكَ عَينٌ لَم تَنَم

O you who sleep the whole night through,

Oh you who sleeps the whole night

may an eye that has not slept be your ransom.

An eye that did not sleep ransoms you

حَرَّمت نَومي وَاِستَبحت

حَرَّمت نَومي وَاِستَبحت

لِيَ المَنون وَلا جرم

لِيَ المَنون وَلا جرم

You forbade my sleep and deemed lawful

I have forbidden myself sleep and made

death for me, though I had done no wrong.

Death lawful for me, and no sin in that

وَمَنَعت طَيفَك أَن يَزو

وَمَنَعت طَيفَك أَن يَزو

ر فَلَو هَجَعت لَما أَلَم

ر فَلَو هَجَعت لَما أَلَم

And you forbade your apparition to visit,

And your specter has prevented

so even if I slept, it would not come.

Me from even visiting in dreams, else I would not have suffered

كَيفَ السَبيل إَلى خَيا

كَيفَ السَبيل إَلى خَيا

لك وَهُوَ صَيد في حَرَم

لك وَهُوَ صَيد في حَرَم

How can I reach your apparition,

How can I reach your imagination

when it is quarry within a sanctuary?

When it is forbidden game

حَكَم الغَرام بِما قَضَي

حَكَم الغَرام بِما قَضَي

ت وَلَم يَجرُ فيما حَكَم

ت وَلَم يَجرُ فيما حَكَم

Passion ruled as you decreed,

Passion has ruled what you decreed

and was not unjust in its judgment.

And did not judge what it ruled