فَدَتْكَ نُفُوسٌ قَدْ حَلا بِكَ حَالُهَا

فَدَتْكَ نُفُوسٌ قَدْ حَلا بِكَ حَالُهَا

وَأَضْحَى صَحِيحاً فِي هَواكَ اعْتِلالُها

وَأَضْحَى صَحِيحاً فِي هَواكَ اعْتِلالُها

May souls whose condition has grown sweet through you be your ransom,

Souls have been sacrificed for you, their state altered by you,

And their sickness has turned to health in loving you.

And they have become whole in their love for you, healed by it.

مَلكْتَ قُلوبَ العَاشِقينَ بِطَلْعَةٍ

مَلكْتَ قُلوبَ العَاشِقينَ بِطَلْعَةٍ

يَرُوقُ جَمِيعَ الناظِرينَ جَمالُهَا

يَرُوقُ جَمِيعَ الناظِرينَ جَمالُهَا

You have captured lovers' hearts with a countenance

You have captured the hearts of lovers with a glance

Whose beauty delights all who behold it.

Whose beauty captivates all who look upon it.

وَزَادَ بِكَ الحُسْنُ البَديعُ نَضارةً

وَزَادَ بِكَ الحُسْنُ البَديعُ نَضارةً

كأَنَّكَ في وَجْهِ المَلاحَةِ خَالُها

كأَنَّكَ في وَجْهِ المَلاحَةِ خَالُها

And wondrous beauty has gained freshness through you,

With you, beauty itself glows brighter,

As though you were the beauty mark on loveliness's face.

As if you were the mole on its cheek.

سَلَبْتَ فُؤادَ الصَّبِّ مِنْكَ بِقَامَةٍ

سَلَبْتَ فُؤادَ الصَّبِّ مِنْكَ بِقَامَةٍ

حَكَى الغُصْن مِنْهَا مَيْلَهَا وَاعْتِدَالَهَا

حَكَى الغُصْن مِنْهَا مَيْلَهَا وَاعْتِدَالَهَا

You stole the lovesick lover's heart with your stature,

You have stolen the heart of the youth with your stature,

Whose sway and straightness the bough has copied.

Which told of the bending and straightness of a branch.

فَصِلْ مُغْرَماً حَمَّلْتَهُ مِنْكَ في الهَوَى

فَصِلْ مُغْرَماً حَمَّلْتَهُ مِنْكَ في الهَوَى

بَلابِل وَجْدٍ لا يُطَاقُ احْتِمالُهَا

بَلابِل وَجْدٍ لا يُطَاقُ احْتِمالُهَا

So unite with a lover whom, through love of you, you have burdened

Passionate lover that you burdened with desire for you,

With torments of longing that cannot be endured.

Tormented by passions too much to bear.

عَنَّ لي دُمْيَةً وَلاحَ هِلالا

عَنَّ لي دُمْيَةً وَلاحَ هِلالا

وَانْثَنَى صُعْدَةً وَفرَّ عَزَالا

وَانْثَنَى صُعْدَةً وَفرَّ عَزَالا

He appeared to me as a statue and shone as a crescent moon,

She appeared to me in a vision, crescent moon and starry night,

And swayed like a lance, and fled like a gazelle.

Bending gently, shying like a gazelle.

فَتَذَلَّلتُ حِينَ أَبْدَى دَلالاً

فَتَذَلَّلتُ حِينَ أَبْدَى دَلالاً

وَرأى رُخْصَ أَدْمُعِي فَتَغَالا

وَرأى رُخْصَ أَدْمُعِي فَتَغَالا

So I humbled myself when he displayed coquetry,

I became submissive when she showed tenderness,

And he saw how cheap my tears were, so he raised his price.

And saw the cheapness of my tears, so I rebelled.

يا غَنِيّاً بِالحُسْنِ أَسأَلكَ الوَصْ

يا غَنِيّاً بِالحُسْنِ أَسأَلكَ الوَصْ

لَ وَحَاشَاكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّ السُّؤالا

لَ وَحَاشَاكَ أَنْ تَرُدَّ السُّؤالا

O you rich in beauty, I ask you for un-

O you rich in beauty, I ask your affection,

ion—and far be it from you to refuse the plea.

Far be it from you to spurn my request!

رَشأٌ قَدْ أَطعْتُ فيهِ غَرامِي

رَشأٌ قَدْ أَطعْتُ فيهِ غَرامِي

وَعَصَيْتُ اللُّوَّامَ وَالعُذَّالا

وَعَصَيْتُ اللُّوَّامَ وَالعُذَّالا

A gazelle fawn, for whom I have obeyed my passion,

I have pursued my passion though blamed for it

And disobeyed the reproachers and the censurers.

And disobeyed the critic and the censor.

قَتلتْنِي جُفونُهُ وَهْيَ مَرضَى

قَتلتْنِي جُفونُهُ وَهْيَ مَرضَى

سَلَبَتْنِي قِوايَ وَهيَ كَسالا

سَلَبَتْنِي قِوايَ وَهيَ كَسالا

His eyelids have slain me, though they are ailing;

Her glances have slain me, and she is the healing,

They robbed me of my strength, though they are languid.

She has drained my strength, and she is the rest.