وِصَالُكَ أَنْهَى مَطْلَبِي وَمُرَادِي

وِصَالُكَ أَنْهَى مَطْلَبِي وَمُرَادِي

وَحُسْنُكَ أَبْهَى مَرْتَعِي وَمَزادِي

وَحُسْنُكَ أَبْهَى مَرْتَعِي وَمَزادِي

Union with you is my ultimate aim and desire.

Your union fulfilled my wish and desire

And your beauty is my fairest pasture and my waterskins.

And your beauty outshone my paradise and provision

ودُونَكَ لَوْ وَافَيْتُ رَبْعَكَ زَائِراً

ودُونَكَ لَوْ وَافَيْتُ رَبْعَكَ زَائِراً

خِطابُ جِدَالٍ فِي خُطُوبِ جِلَادِ

خِطابُ جِدَالٍ فِي خُطُوبِ جِلَادِ

And before reaching you, were I to visit your dwelling,

Without you, even if I visited your abode as a pilgrim

There would be words of dispute amid ordeals of combat.

It would be futile debate, wooing an executioner

حَبيبي لَقَدْ رَوَّيْتَ عَيْنِي بِدَمْعِهَا

حَبيبي لَقَدْ رَوَّيْتَ عَيْنِي بِدَمْعِهَا

وَغَادَرْتَ قَلْبِي لِلتَّصبّرِ صَادِي

وَغَادَرْتَ قَلْبِي لِلتَّصبّرِ صَادِي

My beloved, you have drenched my eye with its own tears,

My love, you have satiated my eyes with their tears

And left my heart thirsting for patience.

And left my heart to patience, my companion

وَنَقَّصْتَ في حَظِّي كَمَا زِدْتَ فِي الهَوَى

وَنَقَّصْتَ في حَظِّي كَمَا زِدْتَ فِي الهَوَى

صُدُودِيَ يَا كُلَّ المُنَى وبُعَادِي

صُدُودِيَ يَا كُلَّ المُنَى وبُعَادِي

And you lessened my fortune, just as you increased in love

You diminished my fortune as you increased my passion

My turning away, O all I long for, and my separation.

My adversary, O epitome of all I wish and distance from me

فَوَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أُطْلِقْ لِغَيْرِكَ مُهْجَتِي

فَوَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أُطْلِقْ لِغَيْرِكَ مُهْجَتِي

غَرَاماً وَلَمْ أَمْنَحْ سِوَاكَ وِدَادِي

غَرَاماً وَلَمْ أَمْنَحْ سِوَاكَ وِدَادِي

For, by God, I have not let my soul go out to anyone but you

By Allah, I unleashed my love for none but you

In passion, nor given my affection to anyone else.

And granted my affection to none but you

بِعَيْشِكَ نَبِّهْ نَاظِرَيْكَ لَعلَّها

بِعَيْشِكَ نَبِّهْ نَاظِرَيْكَ لَعلَّها

تَرُدُّ عَلَى طَرْفِي لَذِيذَ رُقَادِي

تَرُدُّ عَلَى طَرْفِي لَذِيذَ رُقَادِي

By your life, awaken your eyes; perhaps they

By your life, awaken your sleepy eyes, perhaps

Will restore my sweet slumber to my eye.

They will return to me the sweetness of their slumber

إِلى اللَّهِ أَشْكُو فِي الغَرامِ مُحَجَّباً

إِلى اللَّهِ أَشْكُو فِي الغَرامِ مُحَجَّباً

بِقَلْبِي فَلا تَلْقَاهُ عَيْنِي بَادِي

بِقَلْبِي فَلا تَلْقَاهُ عَيْنِي بَادِي

To God I complain, in love, of one veiled

To Allah I complain secretly of passion

Within my heart, so my eye never sees him revealed.

With my heart, so my eyes reveal it not

أُحَاذِرُ طُولاً مِنْ ذُؤَابةِ شَعْرِهِ

أُحَاذِرُ طُولاً مِنْ ذُؤَابةِ شَعْرِهِ

فَقَدْ وَصَلتْ مِنْ قَدِّهِ لفُؤَادِي

فَقَدْ وَصَلتْ مِنْ قَدِّهِ لفُؤَادِي

I fear the length of a tress of his hair,

I fear the long tresses of his hair

For it has reached from his figure to my heart.

For they have reached from his nape to my heart