1. أَنا في الحُبِّ صاحِبُ المُعجِزاتِ

    جِئتُ لِلعاشِقينَ بِالآياتِ

    In love, I am the master of miracles.

    I have come to lovers with signs.

  2. كانَ أَهلُ الغَرامِ قَبلي أُمِّيِ

    يِنَ حَتّى تَلَقَّنوا كَلِماتي

    Before me, the people of passion were unlettered,

    until they learned my words.

  3. فَأَنا اليَومَ صاحِبُ الوَقتِ حَقّاً

    وَالمُحِبّون شيعَتي وَدُعاتي

    So today I am truly the master of the age,

    and lovers are my followers and my heralds.

  4. ضُرِبَت فيهِمُ طُبولي وَسارَت

    خافِقاتٍ عَلَيهِمُ راياتي

    My drums were beaten among them, and onward went

    my banners, fluttering above them.

  5. خَلَبَ السامِعينَ سِحرُ كَلامي

    وَسَرت في عُقولِهِم نَفَثاتي

    The magic of my speech bewitched the listeners,

    and my breathed spells coursed through their minds.

  6. أَينَ أَهلُ الغَرامِ أَتلو عَلَيهِم

    باقِياتٍ مِنَ الهَوى صالِحاتِ

    Where are the people of passion? Let me recite to them

    enduring, righteous words of love.

  7. خُتِمَ الحُبُّ مِن حَديثي بِمِسكٍ

    رُبَّ خَيرٍ يَجيءُ في الخاتِماتِ

    Love, through my words, was sealed with musk;

    many a good thing comes at the close.

  8. فَعَلى العاشِقينَ مِنّي سَلامٌ

    جاءَ مِثلَ السَلامِ في الصَلواتِ

    So, from me, peace be upon the lovers,

    coming like the salutation of peace in prayers.

  9. مَذهَبي في الغَرامِ مَذهَبُ حَقٍّ

    وَلَقَد قُمتُ فيهِ بِالبَيِّناتِ

    My way in passion is a way of truth,

    and I have indeed upheld it with clear proofs.

  10. فَلَكَم فِيَّ مِن مَكاِمِ أَخلا

    قٍ وَكَم فِيَّ مِن حَميدِ صِفاتِ

    For I possess so many noble virtues,

    and so many praiseworthy qualities.

  11. لَستُ أَرضى سِوى الوَفاءِ لِذي الوُد

    دِ وَلَو كانَ في وَفائي وَفاتي

    I accept nothing but fidelity to one who loves,

    even if my fidelity should mean my death.

  12. وَأَلوفٌ فَلَو أُفارِقُ بُؤساً

    لَتَوالَت لِفَقدِهِ حَسَراتي

    And so attached am I that, were I to part with misery,

    my regrets at its loss would follow one another.

  13. طاهِرُ اللَفظِ وَالشَمائِلِ وَالأَخ

    لاقِ عَفُّ الضَميرِ وَاللَحَظاتِ

    Pure in speech, manners, and morals,

    chaste in conscience and glances.

  14. وَمَعَ الصَمتِ وَالوَقارِ فَإِنّي

    دَمِثُ الخُلقِ طَيِّبُ الخَلَواتِ

    And despite my silence and dignity, I am

    gentle in character, pleasant in private company.

  15. يَعشَقُ الغُصنَ ذا الرَشاقَةِ قَلبي

    وَيُحِبُّ الغَزالَ ذا اللَفَتاتِ

    My heart adores the graceful bough,

    and loves the gazelle with its turning glances.

  16. وَحَبيبي هُوَ الَّذي لا أُسَمّي

    هِ عَلى ما اِستَقَرَّ مِن عاداتي

    And my beloved is the one whom I do not name,

    in keeping with my established custom.

  17. وَيَقولونَ عاشِقٌ وَهُوَ وَصفٌ

    مِن صِفاتي المُقَوِّماتِ لِذاتي

    And they say, 'A lover'—a description

    among the qualities that constitute my being.

  18. إِنَّ لي نِيَّةً وَقَد عَلِمَ ال

    لَهُ بِها وَهُوَ عالِمُ النِيّاتِ

    Indeed, I have an intention, and God already knows

    it, and He is the Knower of intentions.

  19. يا حَبيبي وَأَنتَ أَيُّ حَبيبٍ

    لا قَضى اللَهُ بَينَنا بِشَتاتِ

    O my beloved—and what a beloved you are!

    May God never decree separation between us.

  20. إِنَّ يَوماً تَراكَ عَينَيَ فيهِ

    ذاكَ يَومٌ مُضاعَفُ البَرَكاتِ

    Indeed, a day on which my eyes see you

    is a day of multiplied blessings.

  21. أَنتَ روحي وَقَد تَمَلَّكتَ روحي

    وَحَياتي وَقَد سَلَبتَ حَياتي

    You are my soul, and you have taken possession of my soul,

    and my life, and you have stolen my life.

  22. مُتُّ شَوقاً فَأَحيِني بِوِصالٍ

    أُخبِرُ الناسَ كَيفَ طَعمُ المَماتِ

    I died of longing; revive me through union,

    and I will tell people what death tastes like.

  23. وَكَما قَد عَلِمتَ كُلُّ سُرورٍ

    لَيسَ يَبقى فَواتِ قَبلَ الفَواتِ

    And as you already know, every joy

    is fleeting; so consent before it is too late.

  24. فَرَعى اللَهُ عَهدَ مِصرٍ وَحَيّا

    ما مَضى لي بِمِصرَ مِن أَوقاتِ

    So may God preserve those days in Egypt, and bless

    the times I spent in Egypt.

  25. حَبَّذا النيلُ وَالمَراكِبُ فيهِ

    مُصعِداتٍ بِنا وَمُنحَدِراتِ

    How lovely the Nile and the boats upon it,

    bearing us upstream and downstream.

  26. هاتِ زِدني مِنَ الحَديثِ عَنِ الني

    لِ وَدَعني مِن دِجلَةٍ وَفُراتِ

    Go on, tell me more about the Nile,

    and spare me talk of the Tigris and Euphrates.

  27. وَلَيالِيَّ في الجَزيرَةُِ وَالجي

    زَةِ فيما اِشتَهَيتُ مِن لَذّاتِ

    And my nights in al-Jazira and Giza,

    spent in whatever pleasures I desired.

  28. بَينَ رَوضٍ حَكى ظُهورَ الطَواوي

    سِ وَجَوٍّ حَكى بُطونَ البُزاةِ

    Between a garden that resembled peacocks' backs,

    and a sky that resembled hawks' bellies,

  29. حَيثُ مَجرى الخَليجِ كَالحَيَّةِ الرَق

    طاءِ بَينَ الرِياضِ وَالجَنّاتِ

    where the canal's course was like a speckled snake

    among the meadows and gardens.

  30. وَنَديمٍ كَما نُحِبُّ ظَريفٍ

    وَعَلى كُلِّ ما نُحِبُّ مُؤاتي

    And a charming boon companion, just as we like,

    obliging in everything we love.

  31. كُلُّ شَيءٍ أَرَدتُهُ فَهُوَ فيهِ

    حَسَنُ الذاتِ كامِلُ الأَدَواتِ

    Everything I wished for is in him:

    handsome in person, fully accomplished.

  32. يا زَماني الَّذي مَضى يا زَماني

    لَكَ مِنّي تَواتُرُ الزَفَراتِ

    O my bygone days, O my days,

    for you, my sighs follow one another.