أَجارَتَنا حَقُّ الجِوارِ عَظيمُ

وَجارُكِ يا بِنتَ الكِرامِ كَريمُ

Our neighborhood right has brought great reward

And your neighbor, o daughter of the generous, is generous

يَسُرُّكِ مِنهُ الحُبُّ وَهوَ مُنَزَّهٌ

وَيَرضيكِ مِنهُ الوُدُّ وَهوَ سَليمُ

His love brings you joy, and he is virtuous

And his affection pleases you, and he is unharmed

وَما بي بِحَمدِ اللَهِ في الحُبِّ ريبَةٌ

فَيَعتِبَ فيها صاحِبٌ وَحَميمُ

And I have no doubt, by God's grace, in love

So that a friend or confidante would reproach

لَعَمري لَقَد أَحيَيتِ بي مَيِّتَ الهَوى

وَجَدَّدتِ عَهدَ الشَوقِ وَهوَ قَديمُ

By my life, you have revived my dead passion

And renewed the pact of longing, though it was old

بِحُبُّكِ قَلبي لا يَفيقُ صَبابَةً

لَهُ أَبَداً هَذا الغَرامُ غَريمُ

With your love, my heart does not awake from its slumber

For it, this passion will forever have a burning thirst

فَميعادُ دَمعي أَن تَنوحَ حَمامَةٌ

وَميعادُ شَوقي أَن يَهُبَّ نَسيمُ

So my tears' tryst is a dove's lament

And my longing's tryst is a gust of breeze

وَإِنِّيَ فيما يَزعَمونَ لَشاعِرٌ

فَفي كُلِّ وادٍ مِن هَواكِ أَهيمُ

And though they claim I am a poet

In every valley of your love I wander aimlessly

شَرِبتُ كُؤوسَ الحُبِّ وَهيَ مَريرَةٌ

وَذُقتُ عَذابَ الشَوقِ وَهوَ أَليمُ

I have drunk the bitter cups of love

And tasted the torment of longing, and it is painful

فَيا أَيُّها القَومُ الَّذينَ أُحِبُّهُم

أَما لَكُمُ قَلبٌ عَلَيَّ رَحيمُ

So o people whom I love

Do you not have a merciful heart for me?

فَياحَبَّذا مَن لا أُسَمّيهِ غَيرَةً

وَبي مِن هَواهُ مُقعَدٌ وَمُقيمُ

Blessed is he whom I will not name jealousy

While I sit still, settled in his passion

وَياحَبَّذا دارٌ يُغازِلُني بِها

غَزالٌ كَحيلُ المُقلَتَينِ رَخيمُ

Blessed is a house where a gazelle flirts with me

With the kohl of two tender eyes, relaxed

فَيا رَبُّ سَلِّم قَدَّهُ مِن جُفونِهِ

فَيا طالَما أَعدى الصَحيحَ سَقيمُ

My Lord, spare him from his eyelids

For often the healthy have harmed the ill

حَبيبِيَ قُل لي ما الَّذي قَد نَوَيتَهُ

فَكَم لَكَ إِحسانٌ عَلَيَّ عَظيمُ

My love, tell me what you intend

For how much kindness you have shown me is great

وَما لِيَ ذَنبٌ في هَواكَ أَتَيتُهُ

وَإِن كانَ لي ذَنبٌ فَأَنتَ حَليمُ

And I have no wrongdoing in your passion I committed

And even if I had a wrong, you are forbearing

تَعالَ فَعاهِدني عَلى ما تُريدُهُ

فَإِنّي مَليءٌ بِالوَفاءِ زَعيمُ

Come, pledge to me what you want

For I am full of loyalty, a reliable leader

سَأَحفَظُ ما بَيني وَبينَكَ في الهَوى

وَلو أَنَّني تَحتَ التُرابِ رَميمُ

I will guard what is between me and you in passion

Even if I were beneath the soil, perished

فَكُلُّ ضَلالٍ في هَواكَ هِدايَةٌ

وَكُلُّ شَقاءٍ في رِضاكَ نَعيمُ

For every misguidance in your love is guidance

And every misery in your contentment is bliss