بِروحِيَ مَن قَد زارَني وَهوَ خائِفٌ

بِروحِيَ مَن قَد زارَني وَهوَ خائِفٌ

كَما اِهتَزَّ غُصنٌ في الأَراكَةِ مائِدُ

كَما اِهتَزَّ غُصنٌ في الأَراكَةِ مائِدُ

My soul would ransom him who visited me in fear,

By my soul, he who visited me while he was afraid

As a swaying branch trembles on the arak tree.

As a bough quivered on a shaking palm tree,

وَما زارَ إِلّا طارِقاً بَعدَ هَجعَةٍ

وَما زارَ إِلّا طارِقاً بَعدَ هَجعَةٍ

وَقَد نامَ واشٍ يَتَّقيهِ وَحاسِدُ

وَقَد نامَ واشٍ يَتَّقيهِ وَحاسِدُ

He came only as a night visitor, after a spell of sleep,

And did not visit except furtively after sleeping,

With a tale-bearer he feared and an envier already asleep.

While a slanderer slept, fearing and envying him.

فَلَم أَرَ بَدراً قَبلَهُ باتَ خائِفاً

فَلَم أَرَ بَدراً قَبلَهُ باتَ خائِفاً

فَهَل كانَ يَخشى أَن تَغارَ الفَراقِدُ

فَهَل كانَ يَخشى أَن تَغارَ الفَراقِدُ

For never before him had I seen a full moon spend the night afraid.

Never did the full moon before him spend the night afraid.

Was he then afraid the Farqad stars would grow jealous?

Could it be he feared lest the others were jealous?

وَكُنتُ أَظُنُّ الحُسنَ قَد خَصَّ وَجهَهُ

وَكُنتُ أَظُنُّ الحُسنَ قَد خَصَّ وَجهَهُ

وَما هُوَ إِلّا قائِمٌ فيهِ قاعِدُ

وَما هُوَ إِلّا قائِمٌ فيهِ قاعِدُ

And I had thought beauty had singled out his face,

I used to think beauty had singled out his face,

Yet it is ever in him, standing and sitting.

Yet it was but established in it while it stayed.

فَدَيتُ حَبيباً زارَني مُتَفَضِّلاً

فَدَيتُ حَبيباً زارَني مُتَفَضِّلاً

وَليسَ عَلى ذاكَ التَفَضُّلِ زائِدُ

وَليسَ عَلى ذاكَ التَفَضُّلِ زائِدُ

I would give my life for a beloved who graciously visited me,

My love visited me generously and was not

And no favor could be greater than that.

Bound by obligation to such generosity.

وَما كَثُرَت مِنّي إِلَيهِ رَسائِلٌ

وَما كَثُرَت مِنّي إِلَيهِ رَسائِلٌ

وَلا مَطَلَت بِالوَصلِ مِنهُ مَواعِدُ

وَلا مَطَلَت بِالوَصلِ مِنهُ مَواعِدُ

And I had not sent him many letters,

My messages to him were not many,

Nor had his promises of union kept me waiting.

Nor had we fixed many a tryst.

رَآني عَليلاً في هَواهُ فَعادَني

رَآني عَليلاً في هَواهُ فَعادَني

حَبيبٌ لَهُ بِالمَكرُماتُ عَوائِدُ

حَبيبٌ لَهُ بِالمَكرُماتُ عَوائِدُ

He saw me sick with love for him, so he visited me—

When love for him made me ill he visited me -

A beloved for whom noble deeds are customary.

A lover whose nature is ever to show kindness.

فَمُت كَمَداً يا حاسِدي فَأَنا الَّذي

فَمُت كَمَداً يا حاسِدي فَأَنا الَّذي

لَهُ صِلَةٌ مِمَّن يُحِبُّ وَعائِدُ

لَهُ صِلَةٌ مِمَّن يُحِبُّ وَعائِدُ

So die of grief, you who envy me, for I am the one

Die choked, my envier, for I am he

Who has his beloved's favor and a visitor when ill.

Who has ties with one who loves and regularly visits.

وَلي واحِدٌ ما لي مِنَ الناسِ غَيرُهُ

وَلي واحِدٌ ما لي مِنَ الناسِ غَيرُهُ

أَرى أَنَّهُ الدُنيا وَإِن قُلتُ واحِدُ

أَرى أَنَّهُ الدُنيا وَإِن قُلتُ واحِدُ

And I have one beloved, no one else among all people;

I have but one, none other than he,

I see him as the whole world, though I call him one.

Though I say he is my world, he is but one.

فَيا مُؤنِسي لا فَرَّقَ اللَهُ بَينَنا

فَيا مُؤنِسي لا فَرَّقَ اللَهُ بَينَنا

وَلا أَقفَرَت لِلأُنسُ مِنّا مَعاهِدُ

وَلا أَقفَرَت لِلأُنسُ مِنّا مَعاهِدُ

O you who bring me comfort, may God never part us,

My companion, may God not separate us

Nor may the haunts of companionship ever lie empty of us.

Or leave our friendship without abode.

وَيازائِراً قَد زارَ مِن غَيرِ مَوعِدٍ

وَيازائِراً قَد زارَ مِن غَيرِ مَوعِدٍ

وَحَقِّكَ إِنّي شاكِرٌ لَكَ حامِدُ

وَحَقِّكَ إِنّي شاكِرٌ لَكَ حامِدُ

And O visitor who came without an appointment,

O visitor who visited without prior arrangement,

By your honor, I am grateful to you and full of praise.

Indeed, I thank and praise you for your right.