مَن لي بِهِ بَدرَ كِلَّهْ

مَن لي بِهِ بَدرَ كِلَّهْ

قَد حازَ قَلبِيَ كُلَّهْ

قَد حازَ قَلبِيَ كُلَّهْ

Who will bring him to me, a full moon through and through?

Who is he who has my heart entirely?

He has captured my whole heart.

My heart he has come to possess wholly.

فَهَل تُرى يَتَعَزَّزْ

فَهَل تُرى يَتَعَزَّزْ

وَالعِزُّ في الحُبِّ ذِلَّهْ

وَالعِزُّ في الحُبِّ ذِلَّهْ

So will he, I wonder, act proud,

Will he then strengthen and gain might?

when honor in love is abasement?

But might in love is frailty!

رَضيتُ فيهِ مُصابي

رَضيتُ فيهِ مُصابي

فَما عَلى الناسِ مِنّي

فَما عَلى الناسِ مِنّي

I have accepted my affliction for his sake;

I am content with what befalls me,

so what trouble am I to others?

So no more complaints come from me.

وَراحَتي في عَذابي

وَراحَتي في عَذابي

فَلَو مَضى ذاكَ عَنّي

فَلَو مَضى ذاكَ عَنّي

And my comfort lies in my torment;

My peace lies in my torment,

so if that were to leave me,

Were he to leave, my heart would yearn for what has passed.

لَاِشتاقَ قَلبي لِما بي

لَاِشتاقَ قَلبي لِما بي

فَهَل عَلِمتُم بِأَنّي

فَهَل عَلِمتُم بِأَنّي

my heart would yearn for what afflicts me.

Do you not know that I have come

So do you know that I

To bear an affliction of dreams perturbing?

أَمسَيتُ أَحمِلُ مُقلَهْ

أَمسَيتُ أَحمِلُ مُقلَهْ

مِنَ المَنامِ مُقِلَّهْ

مِنَ المَنامِ مُقِلَّهْ

have reached evening bearing an eye

If only a phantom would visit while I slept,

with little share of sleep?

My sleep would find comfort in that dream!

لَو زارَها الطَيفُ أَعوَزْ

لَو زارَها الطَيفُ أَعوَزْ

نَومٌ يَكونُ مَحَلَّهْ

نَومٌ يَكونُ مَحَلَّهْ

If the dream-phantom visited it, there would be no

I have mingled from her cups

sleep to serve as its abode.

That illuminate gloom with rays

مَزَجتُ مِنها كُئوسا

مَزَجتُ مِنها كُئوسا

تَجلو الدُجى بِشُعاعِ

تَجلو الدُجى بِشُعاعِ

I mixed cups of it

When she appears as brilliant suns

that dispel the darkness with radiance,

And the meadow rises for play,

إِذا تَجَلَّت شُموسا

إِذا تَجَلَّت شُموسا

وَقامَ لِلَهوِ داعِ

وَقامَ لِلَهوِ داعِ

when they shine forth as suns

The garden appears a bride

and a herald of revelry rises.

Encircled by valiant trees,

فَالرَوضُ يُجلى عَروسا

فَالرَوضُ يُجلى عَروسا

قَد سُوِّرَت بِشُجاعِ

قَد سُوِّرَت بِشُجاعِ

Then the garden is unveiled as a bride,

Its trees are like the crescent moon,

already braceleted with a serpent.

The garden scattered with its new blossoms.

أَشجارُها مِثلُ كِلَّهْ

أَشجارُها مِثلُ كِلَّهْ

فَالرَوضُ مَطرحُ بِذلَهْ

فَالرَوضُ مَطرحُ بِذلَهْ

Her trees are like a gauze canopy;

It has a stream like necklaces

so the garden is a mat for everyday use,

So look upon the work of God

لَهُ مِنَ النَهرِ فَروَزْ

لَهُ مِنَ النَهرِ فَروَزْ

فَاِنظُر إِلى صَنعَةِ اللَهْ

فَاِنظُر إِلى صَنعَةِ اللَهْ

with the river as its edging.

Who has renewed Saad's good fortune

So look upon God's handiwork.

For the king from Saad's family

قَد جَدَّدَ اللَهُ سَعدا

قَد جَدَّدَ اللَهُ سَعدا

لِلمُلكِ مِن آلِ سَعدِ

لِلمُلكِ مِن آلِ سَعدِ

God has renewed good fortune

With the souls of people ransomed

for the realm, from the house of Sa'd.

And if they refuse, I alone stand

بِأَنفُسِ الخَلقِ يُفدى

بِأَنفُسِ الخَلقِ يُفدى

وَإِن أَبَوا كُنتُ وَحدي

وَإِن أَبَوا كُنتُ وَحدي

He is ransomed with the lives of humankind,

His swords do not falter to strike

and if they refuse, I alone would do so.

Nor rest in their sheaths

سُيوفُهُ لَيسَ تَصدا

سُيوفُهُ لَيسَ تَصدا

وَلا تَقَرُّ بِغِمدِ

وَلا تَقَرُّ بِغِمدِ

His swords do not rust,

Still under the royal shade

nor do they rest in a sheath.

Dispelling the shadowed misfortunes

ما زالَ دونَ المَظَلَّهْ

ما زالَ دونَ المَظَلَّهْ

يَجلو الخُطوبَ المُظِلَّهْ

يَجلو الخُطوبَ المُظِلَّهْ

He has never ceased, before the parasol,

Whose spears now sparkle

to dispel the shadow-casting calamities.

With triumph since he brandished blades

فَنُونُها قَد تَطَرَّزْ

فَنُونُها قَد تَطَرَّزْ

بِالنَصرِ مُذ سَلَّ نَصلَهْ

بِالنَصرِ مُذ سَلَّ نَصلَهْ

So its nūn has been embroidered

Tongues praise him for what he says and does

with victory since he drew his blade.

A face dispelling gloom, in his grip fire flames

تُثني عَلَيهِ الأَسِنَّهْ

تُثني عَلَيهِ الأَسِنَّهْ

بِما يَقولُ وَيَفعَلْ

بِما يَقولُ وَيَفعَلْ

The spearheads praise him

In but a glance of his an army bears

for what he says and does.

Against the prolonged troops

وَجهٌ مُجَلّي الدُجُنَّهْ

وَجهٌ مُجَلّي الدُجُنَّهْ

في كَفِّهِ النارُ تُشعَلْ

في كَفِّهِ النارُ تُشعَلْ

A face that dispels the gloom;

With an army of sound opinion fully equipped

in his palm, fire is kindled.

He is seen capable of a thousand deeds

في نَظرَةٍ مِنهُ حَملَهْ

في نَظرَةٍ مِنهُ حَملَهْ

عَلى الجُيوشِ المُطِلَّهْ

عَلى الجُيوشِ المُطِلَّهْ

In a glance from him is a charge

While Gadah the daughter of Anah

against the looming armies,

Departed and tears flowed

بِجَيشِ رَأيٍ مُجَهَّزْ

بِجَيشِ رَأيٍ مُجَهَّزْ

يُرى عَلى أَلفِ فِعلَهْ

يُرى عَلى أَلفِ فِعلَهْ

with a well-equipped army of thought,

In an agony she could not reveal

deemed superior to a thousand deeds.

Had it not been for overwhelmed shock

وَغادَةٍ بِنتُ عَنها

وَغادَةٍ بِنتُ عَنها

سَرَت وَلِلدَمعِ رَشَّهْ

سَرَت وَلِلدَمعِ رَشَّهْ

And a graceful maiden, from whom I parted,

How many nights did the palm tree's sparrow

journeyed by night, with tears falling in a spray,

Sleep with the other sparrows all together

بِلَوعَةٍ لَم تُبِنها

بِلَوعَةٍ لَم تُبِنها

لَولا تَعَرُّضُ دَهشَهْ

لَولا تَعَرُّضُ دَهشَهْ

with anguish she would not have disclosed

While my heart lay broken in pieces

but for the onset of bewilderment.

Alone, none like it

كَم باتَ عُصفورُ نَخلَهْ

كَم باتَ عُصفورُ نَخلَهْ

مَعَ العَصافيرِ جُملَهْ

مَعَ العَصافيرِ جُملَهْ

How often a palm-tree sparrow has spent the night

with the sparrows all together,

وَباتَ قَلبي مُفَرَّزْ

وَباتَ قَلبي مُفَرَّزْ

وَحدي وَما بِتُّ مِثلَهْ

وَحدي وَما بِتُّ مِثلَهْ

while my heart spent the night set apart,

alone; I did not pass the night as it did.