رَدَّ السَلامَ رَسولُ بَعضِ الناسِ

رَدَّ السَلامَ رَسولُ بَعضِ الناسِ

بِاللَهِ قُل يا طَيِّبَ الأَنفاسِ

بِاللَهِ قُل يا طَيِّبَ الأَنفاسِ

The messenger of 'some people' returned the greeting.

The messenger returned the greeting of some people

For God's sake, tell me, O sweet-breathed one.

By Allah, say O you of sweet breath

رَدَّ السَلامَ وَذاكَ عُنوانُ الرِضا

رَدَّ السَلامَ وَذاكَ عُنوانُ الرِضا

بُشرايَ قَد ذَكَرَ الحَبيبُ الناسي

بُشرايَ قَد ذَكَرَ الحَبيبُ الناسي

He returned the greeting, and that is a sign of favor.

The messenger returned the greeting, and that is a sign of contentment

Joy is mine! The forgetful beloved has remembered.

Good news, the beloved mentioned the people who forgot

وَفَهِمتُ مِن نَفسِ الرَسولِ تَعَتُّباً

وَفَهِمتُ مِن نَفسِ الرَسولِ تَعَتُّباً

قَلبُ الحَبيبِ عَلَيَّ قَلبٌ قاسي

قَلبُ الحَبيبِ عَلَيَّ قَلبٌ قاسي

And I sensed reproach from the messenger himself:

And I understood from the soul of the messenger, reproach

The beloved's heart is a hard heart toward me.

The heart of the beloved upon me is a cruel heart

قُل يا رَسولُ وَما عَلَيكَ مَلامَةٌ

قُل يا رَسولُ وَما عَلَيكَ مَلامَةٌ

هُوَ ما أُكابِدُ دائِماً وَأُقاسي

هُوَ ما أُكابِدُ دائِماً وَأُقاسي

Speak, O messenger—no blame rests on you.

Say O messenger, and you have no blame

It is what I always struggle with and endure.

That is what I constantly suffer and endure

قُل لِلحَبيبِ وَحَقِّ عَيشِكَ ما اِنتَهى

قُل لِلحَبيبِ وَحَقِّ عَيشِكَ ما اِنتَهى

وَلَهي عَلَيكَ وَلا اِنقَضى وَسواسي

وَلَهي عَلَيكَ وَلا اِنقَضى وَسواسي

Tell the beloved: by your life, there has been no end

Say to the beloved and the right of your life has not ended

to my yearning for you, nor have my restless thoughts ceased.

Woe unto you, and it did not cease my worries

كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى الزِيارَةِ خَلوَةً

كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى الزِيارَةِ خَلوَةً

وَيلي مِنَ الرُقَباءِ وَالحُرّاسِ

وَيلي مِنَ الرُقَباءِ وَالحُرّاسِ

How can I find a way to visit in private?

How is the way to visit privately

Woe to me because of the watchers and the guards!

Woe to me from the guards and watchmen

حَقٌّ عَلَيَّ وَواجِبٌ لَكَ أَنَّني

حَقٌّ عَلَيَّ وَواجِبٌ لَكَ أَنَّني

أَمشي عَلى عَيني إِلَيكَ وَراسي

أَمشي عَلى عَيني إِلَيكَ وَراسي

It is my duty, and an obligation owed to you, that I

It is true upon me and a duty to you that I

walk to you on my eye and my head.

Walk on my eye to you and my head

لا أَشتَهي أَحَداً سِوايَ يَراكَ يا

لا أَشتَهي أَحَداً سِوايَ يَراكَ يا

بَدرَ السَماءِ وَيا قَضيبَ الآسِ

بَدرَ السَماءِ وَيا قَضيبَ الآسِ

I wish no one but myself to see you, O

I do not desire anyone but you sees you O

full moon of the sky, and O myrtle bough!

Full moon of the sky and O rod of the staff

وَأَنَزَّهُ اِسمَكَ أَن تَمُرَّ حُروفُهُ

وَأَنَزَّهُ اِسمَكَ أَن تَمُرَّ حُروفُهُ

مِن غَيرَتي بِمَسامِعِ الجُلّاسِ

مِن غَيرَتي بِمَسامِعِ الجُلّاسِ

And I hold your name too sacred for its letters to reach

And I sanctify your name that its letters pass

—out of my jealousy—the ears of those gathered.

From my jealousy to the ears of the sitters

فَأَقولُ بَعضُ الناسِ عَنكَ كِنايَةً

فَأَقولُ بَعضُ الناسِ عَنكَ كِنايَةً

خَوفَ الوُشاةِ وَأَنتَ كُلَّ الناسِ

خَوفَ الوُشاةِ وَأَنتَ كُلَّ الناسِ

So I say 'some people' as a veiled reference to you,

So I say some of the people about you allusively

for fear of tale-bearers, though you are everyone.

Fearing the slanderers while you are all people

وَأَغارُ إِن هَبَّ النَسيمُ لِأَنَّهُ

وَأَغارُ إِن هَبَّ النَسيمُ لِأَنَّهُ

مُغرىً بِهَزِّ قَوامِكَ المَيّاسِ

مُغرىً بِهَزِّ قَوامِكَ المَيّاسِ

And I grow jealous if the breeze blows, for it

And I am jealous if the breeze blows because

is enamored of swaying your gracefully swaying figure.

It is infatuated with the swaying of your slender figure

وَيَروعُني ساقي المُدامِ إِذا بَدا

وَيَروعُني ساقي المُدامِ إِذا بَدا

فَأَظُنُّ خَدَّكَ مُشرِقاً في الكاسِ

فَأَظُنُّ خَدَّكَ مُشرِقاً في الكاسِ

And the wine-pourer startles me when he appears,

And the cupbearer scares me when he shows up

so I imagine your cheek shining in the cup.

So I think your cheek is shining in the cup