هذا ضَجيجُ اللَيالي

هذا ضَجيجُ اللَيالي

سُدَّت بِهِ أُذُناكا

سُدَّت بِهِ أُذُناكا

This is the clamor of the nights;

This is the clamor of nights

your ears have been stopped up by it.

That has blocked your ears

فَلَستَ تَسمَعُ شَكوى

فَلَستَ تَسمَعُ شَكوى

مِن مُستَهامٍ دَعاكا

مِن مُستَهامٍ دَعاكا

So you hear no complaint

So you do not hear the complaint

from a lovesick one who called to you.

Of one who implored you

وَأَنتَ في ظُلمَةِ النو

وَأَنتَ في ظُلمَةِ النو

رِ لا تَرى عَيناكا

رِ لا تَرى عَيناكا

And you are in the darkness of light—

While you are in the darkness of sleep

your eyes cannot see.

Your eyes do not see

فَما تَكادُ تَراني

فَما تَكادُ تَراني

في حينِ أَنّي أَراكا

في حينِ أَنّي أَراكا

So you scarcely see me,

So you almost do not see me

while I see you.

When I do see you

هذا مَدايَ قَريبٌ

هذا مَدايَ قَريبٌ

فَأَينَ مِنّي مَداكا

فَأَينَ مِنّي مَداكا

This is my reach, close at hand;

My abode is near

then how far from me is your reach?

So where is your abode from me

أَكبَرتَ وَصلي دَلالاً

أَكبَرتَ وَصلي دَلالاً

وَأَكبَرتُ ذِكراكا

وَأَكبَرتُ ذِكراكا

In coyness, you deemed union with me too much,

You have grown, so I pray out of love

while I revered the memory of you.

And I have grown in remembering you

حُبيكَ في الأَرضِ لكِن

حُبيكَ في الأَرضِ لكِن

فَوقَ الثَرى مَثواكا

فَوقَ الثَرى مَثواكا

My love for you is on earth, but

My love for you is on earth

your dwelling is above the soil.

But your dwelling is above the ground

لَكِنَّني مِن غرامي

لَكِنَّني مِن غرامي

وَحيرَتي في هَواكا

وَحيرَتي في هَواكا

Yet I, out of my passion

But from my passion

and my bewilderment in loving you,

And confusion in loving you

صَوَّرتُ مِنكَ خَيالاً

صَوَّرتُ مِنكَ خَيالاً

مَتى أَراهُ أَراكا

مَتى أَراهُ أَراكا

fashioned an image of you:

I imagined you

whenever I see it, I see you.

Whenever I see you I see you

لا نالَ قَلبي مُناهُ

لا نالَ قَلبي مُناهُ

إِن كانَ قَلبي سَلاكا

إِن كانَ قَلبي سَلاكا

May my heart never attain its desire

My heart did not attain tranquility

if my heart has forgotten you!

If my heart was receptive

أَنتَ الَّذي تَتَجَنّى

أَنتَ الَّذي تَتَجَنّى

مُعَذِّباً مُضناكا

مُعَذِّباً مُضناكا

You are the one who acts unjustly,

You are the one who is delicate

tormenting the one you have worn down.

Tormenting me, exhausting me

فَما لَقيتُكَ إِلّا

فَما لَقيتُكَ إِلّا

كَما اِلتَقى جَفناكا

كَما اِلتَقى جَفناكا

So I have met you only

So I did not find you

as your two eyelids meet.

Except as my eyelids met

يا ذاهِلاً عَن غَرامي

يا ذاهِلاً عَن غَرامي

تَدَلُّلاً رُحماكا

تَدَلُّلاً رُحماكا

O you, oblivious to my passion

O negligent about my passion

out of coyness—your mercy, I beg!

Pampered, have mercy

خَلَّفتَ جِسماً طَريحاً

خَلَّفتَ جِسماً طَريحاً

لا يَستَطيعُ حِراكا

لا يَستَطيعُ حِراكا

You have left a body prostrate,

You left a powerless body

unable to move.

That cannot move

لكِنَّهُ مِن هَواهُ

لكِنَّهُ مِن هَواهُ

يَطيرُ حينَ يَراكا

يَطيرُ حينَ يَراكا

Yet from its love

But from its love for you

it flies when it sees you.

It flies when it sees you

مَلَأتَ قَلبِيَ حُبّاً

مَلَأتَ قَلبِيَ حُبّاً

وَلَم أَعُد أَهواكا

وَلَم أَعُد أَهواكا

You filled my heart with love,

You have filled my heart with love

and I no longer love you.

And I do not love you anymore

فَلَو طَلَبتَ مَزيداً

فَلَو طَلَبتَ مَزيداً

لَما أَصبَتَ مُناكا

لَما أَصبَتَ مُناكا

So, if you asked for more,

So if you sought more

you would not attain your desire.

You would not find comfort

يا واحِداً في عُلاهُ

يا واحِداً في عُلاهُ

تَحِيَّةً في عُلاكا

تَحِيَّةً في عُلاكا

O peerless one in his loftiness,

O singular in your sublimity

a greeting in your loftiness!

Greetings in your loftiness

لَقَد تَرَقَّقتَ حَتّى

لَقَد تَرَقَّقتَ حَتّى

شابَهتَ مِنّي هَواكا

شابَهتَ مِنّي هَواكا

Indeed, you have grown so delicate that

You have become so gentle

you resemble my love for you.

That you resemble my love

فَلَو تَحَوَّلتَ نوراً

فَلَو تَحَوَّلتَ نوراً

لكانَ طَرفي اِحتَواكا

لكانَ طَرفي اِحتَواكا

So, if you had turned into light,

If you transformed into light

my gaze would have encompassed you.

My gaze would contain you

وَلَو تَحَوَّلتَ خَمراً

وَلَو تَحَوَّلتَ خَمراً

لكانَ ثَغري اِحتِساكا

لكانَ ثَغري اِحتِساكا

And if you had turned into wine,

And if you transformed into wine

my mouth would have sipped you.

My mouth would absorb you

وَلَو تَحَوَّلتَ رَوضاً

وَلَو تَحَوَّلتَ رَوضاً

وَقَد نَشَرتَ شَذاكا

وَقَد نَشَرتَ شَذاكا

And if you had turned into a garden,

And if you transformed into a garden

and had spread your fragrance,

Spreading your fragrance

لكُنتُ فيهِ فَراشاً

لكُنتُ فيهِ فَراشاً

أَرُفُّ حَولَ سَناكا

أَرُفُّ حَولَ سَناكا

I would have been a butterfly within it,

I would be in it a butterfly

fluttering around your radiance,

Fluttering around your radiance

وَكُنتُ قَضَيتُ عُمري

وَكُنتُ قَضَيتُ عُمري

أَحسو رَحيقَ جَناكا

أَحسو رَحيقَ جَناكا

and I would have spent my lifetime

And I would spend my life

sipping the nectar of your fruit.

Savoring the nectar of your paradise