أَنَسيمُ هَل لِلدَهرِ وَعدٌ صادِقٌ

أَنَسيمُ هَل لِلدَهرِ وَعدٌ صادِقٌ

فيما يُؤَمِّلُهُ المُحِبُّ الوامِقُ

فيما يُؤَمِّلُهُ المُحِبُّ الوامِقُ

O Nasim, does Time hold any true promise

Does fate have a true promise,

for what the ardent lover hopes for?

In what the ardent lover hopes for?

ما لي فَقَدتُكَ في المَنامِ وَلَم تَزَل

ما لي فَقَدتُكَ في المَنامِ وَلَم تَزَل

عَونَ المَشوقِ إِذا جَفاهُ الشائِقُ

عَونَ المَشوقِ إِذا جَفاهُ الشائِقُ

Why have I lost you in dreams, though you have always been

Why did I miss you in my dreams, while you remained

a solace to the yearning lover when his beloved shuns him?

The aid of longing, when the yearner is shunned?

أَمُنِعتَ أَنتَ مِنَ الزِيارَةِ رِقبَةً

أَمُنِعتَ أَنتَ مِنَ الزِيارَةِ رِقبَةً

مِنهُم فَهَل مُنِعَ الخَيالُ الطارِقُ

مِنهُم فَهَل مُنِعَ الخَيالُ الطارِقُ

Were you yourself barred from visiting, for fear

Are you forbidden from visiting, obedient,

of them? Then was the night-visiting vision also barred?

To them? Is the illusory reflection forbidden too?

اليَومُ جازَ بي الهَوى مِقدارُهُ

اليَومُ جازَ بي الهَوى مِقدارُهُ

في أَصلِهِ وَعَلِمتُ أَنّي عاشِقُ

في أَصلِهِ وَعَلِمتُ أَنّي عاشِقُ

Today my passion has exceeded the measure it had

Today destiny’s portion passed me by,

at its outset, and I have realized that I am in love.

And I knew I am a lover.

فَليَهنِءِ الحَسَنَ بنَ وَهبٍ أَنَّهُ

فَليَهنِءِ الحَسَنَ بنَ وَهبٍ أَنَّهُ

يَلقى أَحِبَّتَهُ وَنَحنُ نُفارِقُ

يَلقى أَحِبَّتَهُ وَنَحنُ نُفارِقُ

So may it gladden al-Hasan ibn Wahb that he

So may Hasan ibn Wahb rejoice that

meets his loved ones, while we part.

He meets his loved ones while we bid farewell.