لغيرك لم يخفق فؤادي و لا هفا

لغيرك لم يخفق فؤادي و لا هفا

بجنبي فلب ضارب في التفجع

بجنبي فلب ضارب في التفجع

For no one but you has my heart beat or yearned—

For none but you has my heart beaten or yearned—

within my breast, a heart pounding in anguish.

a heart within my side, throbbing in anguish;

ولا ذرفت عيناي دمعا إذا جرت

ولا ذرفت عيناي دمعا إذا جرت

بوادره طاف اشتياقي بمدمعي

بوادره طاف اشتياقي بمدمعي

Nor have my eyes shed a tear; whenever its first drops flowed,

nor have my eyes shed tears: when there flowed

my longing swept through my tearful eyes.

their first drops, my longing circled round my tearful eye.

فرحماك لا تستترفي دمع ناظري

فرحماك لا تستترفي دمع ناظري

فدمعي إذا ما هاجني الشوق مفزعي

فدمعي إذا ما هاجني الشوق مفزعي

Have mercy—do not drain the tears from my eyes,

So have mercy: do not drain the tears from my eye.

for whenever longing stirs me, my tears are my refuge.

For my tears, when longing stirs me, are my refuge.

يسير بأحلامي لوديان حبها

يسير بأحلامي لوديان حبها

فترتد بالطيف الحبيب لمضجعي

فترتد بالطيف الحبيب لمضجعي

They journey with my dreams to the valleys of her love,

It travels with my dreams to the valleys of her love,

then return, bearing the beloved phantom to my bed.

then they return with the beloved apparition to my bed.

به أذكر الحب القديم فإن نأى

به أذكر الحب القديم فإن نأى

تبينت في فقد الحبيبين مصرعي

تبينت في فقد الحبيبين مصرعي

Through them I remember the love of old; and if it has receded,

Through it I remember the love of old; and if it recedes,

I see in the loss of the two beloveds my doom.

I discern my death in the loss of both beloveds.

ولولا خيال في الدجى منك عادني

ولولا خيال في الدجى منك عادني

لذاب مع الأنفاس قلب بأضلعي

لذاب مع الأنفاس قلب بأضلعي

Were it not for a vision of you visiting me in the darkness,

And had no vision of you visited me in the night's darkness,

the heart within my ribs would melt away with every breath.

a heart within my ribs would have melted with my breaths.

فيا نفحة للحب ملء جوانحي

فيا نفحة للحب ملء جوانحي

و يا نبأة للوحي طافت بمسمعي

و يا نبأة للوحي طافت بمسمعي

O breath of love that fills my breast,

So, O breath of love, filling my breast,

O intimation of inspiration that passed through my hearing,

and O whisper of inspiration that drifted past my ear,

إليك شكاتي فامسحي من أضالعي

إليك شكاتي فامسحي من أضالعي

سطور جوى فوق الفؤاد بأدمع

سطور جوى فوق الفؤاد بأدمع

to you I bring my lament: wipe from within my ribs,

to you I bring my lament; so wipe from my ribs

with my tears, the lines of consuming passion traced over my heart.

the lines of burning heartache upon my heart, with tears.

إلى أفق أحلامي ففي سرحاته

إلى أفق أحلامي ففي سرحاته

لنا موعد يحلو فخفي له معي

لنا موعد يحلو فخفي له معي

Come to the horizon of my dreams, for in its open reaches

To the horizon of my dreams—for in its open expanses

a sweet rendezvous awaits us—hasten there with me.

we have a sweet rendezvous; so hasten to it with me.

هناك لروحنا على الحب ملتقى

هناك لروحنا على الحب ملتقى

يزوقه طهر الهوى المتضوع

يزوقه طهر الهوى المتضوع

There our two souls shall meet in love,

There, in love, is a meeting place for our soul,

at a tryst adorned by the purity of fragrant passion.

which the purity of fragrant love adorns.

و ما الحب إلا يقظة بعد هجعة

و ما الحب إلا يقظة بعد هجعة

فلا تجعليه صحوة المتفجع

فلا تجعليه صحوة المتفجع

Love is nothing but an awakening after slumber;

And love is but an awakening after slumber;

do not make it the awakening of one stricken with grief.

so do not make it the awakening of one stricken with grief.