غَراميَ فِيكمْ مَا أَلَذّ وأَطْيَبا

غَراميَ فِيكمْ مَا أَلَذّ وأَطْيَبا

وَأَهْلاً بِسُقْمِي مِنْ هَواكُم وَمَرْحَبا

وَأَهْلاً بِسُقْمِي مِنْ هَواكُم وَمَرْحَبا

How sweet, how delightful is my passion for you!

How delightful and sweet is my passion for you!

And welcome—welcome the sickness born of loving you.

And welcome, welcome to my sickness born of love for you!

غَزالُكُم ذاكَ المَصونُ جَمالُهُ

غَزالُكُم ذاكَ المَصونُ جَمالُهُ

إِلَى غَيْرِه في الحُبّ قلبي ما صَبا

إِلَى غَيْرِه في الحُبّ قلبي ما صَبا

That gazelle of yours, whose beauty is so well guarded—

That gazelle of yours, whose beauty is guarded—

toward none but him has my heart ever inclined in love.

My heart has never inclined in love toward anyone but him.

تَجلَّى على كلِّ القُلوبِ فَعِنْدَمَا

تَجلَّى على كلِّ القُلوبِ فَعِنْدَمَا

سَبى حُسْنُه كُلَّ القلوبِ تَحجَّبا

سَبى حُسْنُه كُلَّ القلوبِ تَحجَّبا

He unveiled himself before every heart; but when

He revealed himself to every heart; then, when

his beauty captured every heart, he veiled himself.

His beauty took all hearts captive, he veiled himself.

أَأَحْبابنا هَلْ عائِدٌ في حِماكُمُ

أَأَحْبابنا هَلْ عائِدٌ في حِماكُمُ

أُوَيْقاتُ أُنْسٍ كُلّها زَمَنُ الصِّبا

أُوَيْقاتُ أُنْسٍ كُلّها زَمَنُ الصِّبا

O our beloved ones, will there return within your precinct

O our beloveds, will there return within your sanctuary

brief hours of intimacy—all of them the season of youth?

Those brief moments of companionship, each a time of youth?

على حُبِّكم أفنيتُ حاصِلَ مَدْمَعي

على حُبِّكم أفنيتُ حاصِلَ مَدْمَعي

وَغَيْر وَلاكُمْ عَبْدكُمْ ما تكسّبا

وَغَيْر وَلاكُمْ عَبْدكُمْ ما تكسّبا

For love of you, I have exhausted the entire store of my tears;

For love of you, I exhausted my whole store of tears;

your servant has gained nothing save devotion to you.

And your servant has gained nothing but devotion to you.

وَحَاشَاكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدوا عن جَمالِكم

وَحَاشَاكُمُ أَنْ تُبْعِدوا عن جَمالِكم

حَليفَ هوىً بِالرّوحِ مِنْكُمْ مُعذَّبا

حَليفَ هوىً بِالرّوحِ مِنْكُمْ مُعذَّبا

Far be it from you to banish from your beauty

And far be it from you to banish from your beauty

one bound to passion, his very soul tormented because of you.

One bound to passion, tormented by you in his soul.

وإِن تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصلَ السّهْدَ جَفْنُهُ

وإِن تَهْجُروا مَنْ وَاصلَ السّهْدَ جَفْنُهُ

وَهَذَّب فِيكم عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا

وَهَذَّب فِيكم عِشْقَهُ فَتَهَذَّبا

If you forsake one whose eyelid has made sleeplessness its constant companion,

And if you forsake one whose eyelid has kept company with sleeplessness,

and who refined his love for you until it grew refined—

And who refined his love for you, and so himself grew refined,

وَأَحْسَنْتُم تَأديبَهُ بِصُدودكُمْ

وَأَحْسَنْتُم تَأديبَهُ بِصُدودكُمْ

فلا تَهْجرُوه بَعدَما قَدْ تَأَدَّبا

فلا تَهْجرُوه بَعدَما قَدْ تَأَدَّبا

when you have schooled him well through your aloofness,

And you have schooled him well through your rebuffs,

do not forsake him now that he has learned good conduct.

Then do not forsake him now that he has learned his manners.

ولي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبابةِ دِينُها

ولي مُهْجَةٌ دِينُ الصَّبابةِ دِينُها

فَكيْف تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدى الدَّهْرِ مَذْهَبا

فَكيْف تَرى عَنْكُمْ مَدى الدَّهْرِ مَذْهَبا

I have a soul whose creed is the creed of passionate love;

And I have a heart whose faith is the creed of ardent longing;

how, for all time, could it find any path away from you?

So how could it ever find, in all eternity, a path away from you?