مَنَنتَ عَلى عَيني بِوَجهِكَ رَوضَةً

مَنَنتَ عَلى عَيني بِوَجهِكَ رَوضَةً

فَلا تَنسَ دَمعي فَهوَ فيكَ غَمامُ

فَلا تَنسَ دَمعي فَهوَ فيكَ غَمامُ

You bestowed upon my eyes, in your face, a garden;

You graced my eye with your face—a garden;

so do not forget my tears—for over you they are clouds.

So do not forget my tears, for they are clouds for you.

وَقُلتَ بِأَنّي بَعدَ بَينِكَ لَم أَمُت

وَقُلتَ بِأَنّي بَعدَ بَينِكَ لَم أَمُت

وَكُلُّ حَياةٍ لا تَسُرُّ حِمامُ

وَكُلُّ حَياةٍ لا تَسُرُّ حِمامُ

You said that, after parting from you, I had not died;

And you said I had not died after parting from you;

but any life that brings no joy is death.

Yet every life that brings no joy is death.

وَأَعرَضتَ لَمّا لَم أُكَلِّمكَ مِن ضَنىً

وَأَعرَضتَ لَمّا لَم أُكَلِّمكَ مِن ضَنىً

وَتَرديدُ أَنفاسِ المُحِبِّ كَلامُ

وَتَرديدُ أَنفاسِ المُحِبِّ كَلامُ

You turned away when, wasted by love, I did not speak to you;

And you turned away when, wasted by illness, I did not speak to you;

yet the lover’s repeated breaths are speech.

Yet the lover’s repeated breaths are speech.

فَيا عَجَباً مِن طَيفِهِ كَيفَ لَم يَزُر

فَيا عَجَباً مِن طَيفِهِ كَيفَ لَم يَزُر

نَهاراً وَحَولي لِلهُمومِ ظَلامُ

نَهاراً وَحَولي لِلهُمومِ ظَلامُ

How strange that his phantom did not come to visit

So how strange his phantom—why has it not visited

by day, when the darkness of cares surrounds me.

By day, though the darkness of cares surrounds me?

وَما لِلكَرى لا يَهتَدي لِمَضاجِعي

وَما لِلكَرى لا يَهتَدي لِمَضاجِعي

وَفيها لِساري المُظلِماتِ ضِرامُ

وَفيها لِساري المُظلِماتِ ضِرامُ

Why can slumber not find its way to my bed,

And why does slumber not find its way to my beds,

when there, for a traveler through darkness, a fire blazes?

Though in them burns a fire for the traveler through dark nights?