لا تَضجَرَن مِمّا أَتَيتُ فَإِنَّهُ

لا تَضجَرَن مِمّا أَتَيتُ فَإِنَّهُ

صَدرٌ لِأَسرارِ الصَبابَةِ يَنفِثُ

صَدرٌ لِأَسرارِ الصَبابَةِ يَنفِثُ

Do not be vexed at what I have done, for it is

Do not be wearied by what I have come with

a breast breathing out the secrets of ardent love.

For it is a breast releasing the secrets of youth

أَمّا فِراقُكَ وَاللِقاءُ فَإِنَّ ذا

أَمّا فِراقُكَ وَاللِقاءُ فَإِنَّ ذا

مِنهُ أَموتُ وذَاكَ مِنهُ أُبعَثُ

مِنهُ أَموتُ وذَاكَ مِنهُ أُبعَثُ

As for parting from you and meeting you, the former

As for parting with you and meeting, verily from this

brings me death, and the latter brings me back to life.

I die, and from that I am brought to life

حَلَفَ الزَمانُ عَلى َفَرُّقِ شَملَنا

حَلَفَ الزَمانُ عَلى َفَرُّقِ شَملَنا

فَمَتى يَرِقُّ لَنا الزَمانُ وَيَحنَثُ

فَمَتى يَرِقُّ لَنا الزَمانُ وَيَحنَثُ

Time has sworn to sunder our union;

Time has sworn to separate us

so when will Time soften toward us and break its oath?

So when will time break its oath and forswear?

كَم يَلبَثُ الجِسمُ الَّذي ما نَفسُهُ

كَم يَلبَثُ الجِسمُ الَّذي ما نَفسُهُ

فيهِ وَلا اَنفاسُهُ كَم يَلبَثُ

فيهِ وَلا اَنفاسُهُ كَم يَلبَثُ

How long can the body last, when its soul is not

How long can a body last when its soul

within it, nor its breaths—how long can it last?

And breath are not within it? How long can it last?

حَولَ المَضاجِعِ كُتبُكُم فَكَأَنَني

حَولَ المَضاجِعِ كُتبُكُم فَكَأَنَني

مَلسوعُكُم وَهيَ الرُقاةُ النُفَّثُ

مَلسوعُكُم وَهيَ الرُقاةُ النُفَّثُ

Your letters lie around the beds, so it is as though I were

Around the beds are your books, so it is as if

one stung by you, and they the healers who breathe charms.

I had touched and smelled them, scattered scrolls