غَضضت نَواظِري عَن غُصن قَد

غَضضت نَواظِري عَن غُصن قَد

وَعفت حَنين قَلبي وَهُوَ روحي

وَعفت حَنين قَلبي وَهُوَ روحي

I lowered my eyes from one whose figure was a supple bough;

I lowered my eyes from a bough-like figure.

my heart renounced my longing, though it is my very soul.

And I shunned my heart’s yearning, though it is my soul.

فَلَو عقب الهَوى قَلبي وَقالَت

فَلَو عقب الهَوى قَلبي وَقالَت

اِذن روحي أَروح لقال روحي

اِذن روحي أَروح لقال روحي

Had my heart followed passion, and my soul said,

So if passion pursued my heart, and said

“Then I shall depart,” my heart would have replied, “Depart!”

my soul then, “I shall go,” it would say, “Go.”

وَأَفكاري تَسوح لفرط شَوقي

وَأَفكاري تَسوح لفرط شَوقي

فَأَطوى لَوعَتي وَأَقولُ سوحى

فَأَطوى لَوعَتي وَأَقولُ سوحى

My thoughts roam from the extremity of my longing;

And my thoughts wander from the intensity of my longing;

I fold away my anguish and tell them, “Roam.”

so I fold away my anguish and say, “Wander.”

لظبي قَد بَكَت عيني وَقالَت

لظبي قَد بَكَت عيني وَقالَت

أَنوح اِلى النُشورِ فَقُلت نوحي

أَنوح اِلى النُشورِ فَقُلت نوحي

For a gazelle my eye has wept and said,

For a gazelle, my eye has indeed wept and said,

“I shall wail until the Resurrection.” I said, “Then wail.”

“I shall wail until the Resurrection.” So I said, “Wail.”

وَذاكَ لمله شَرقا وَغَربا

وَذاكَ لمله شَرقا وَغَربا

لِنَفحاتِ الغَبوق مَع الصُبوح

لِنَفحاتِ الغَبوق مَع الصُبوح

And that is to fill East and West

And that—[unclear word]—eastward and westward,

with waftings of the evening draught and the morning cup.

for the wafts of the evening draught, with the morning draught.