قد تَداعَتْ من الأَقاحِ خُيوطٌ

قد تَداعَتْ من الأَقاحِ خُيوطٌ

حينَ هبَّ النَّسيمُ من أرضِ سلْمَى

حينَ هبَّ النَّسيمُ من أرضِ سلْمَى

Threads have come loose from the daisies,

The threads were dangling from the bushes

When the breeze blew from the land of Salma.

When the breeze blew from the land of Salma

وتَداعَتْ له الرِّجالُ هياماً

وتَداعَتْ له الرِّجالُ هياماً

يومَ أَعطى القُلُوبَ همًّا فهمَّا

يومَ أَعطى القُلُوبَ همًّا فهمَّا

And men fell stricken because of it, mad with love,

And the men hastened to it deliriously

The day it gave hearts sorrow upon sorrow.

The day hearts were given anxiety, so they worried

كشَفوا سِرَّهم لمُزْعِجِ حالٍ

كشَفوا سِرَّهم لمُزْعِجِ حالٍ

ما اسْتَطاعوا من بعدِ ما مسَّ كتْمَا

ما اسْتَطاعوا من بعدِ ما مسَّ كتْمَا

They revealed their secret because of a troubling state;

They disclosed their secret to the disturbing situation

They could not conceal it after what had befallen them.

After being unable to conceal it anymore

وجرَتْ للغِرامِ منهم دُموعٌ

وجرَتْ للغِرامِ منهم دُموعٌ

علَّمتْ هاطِلَ السَّحائِبِ سجْمَا

علَّمتْ هاطِلَ السَّحائِبِ سجْمَا

And tears flowed from them out of passionate love;

And tears of passion streamed from them

They taught the clouds' downpour how to stream.

Teaching the pouring clouds to be generous

يا لَعَمْري فَنيتُ والقومُ صرعَى

يا لَعَمْري فَنيتُ والقومُ صرعَى

فكأَنِّي جَنَيْتُ وحدِي جُرْمَا

فكأَنِّي جَنَيْتُ وحدِي جُرْمَا

Ah, by my life, I perished, while the people lay stricken,

Oh my life, I am exhausted while the people are slain

As though I alone had committed a crime.

As if I alone committed a crime

والمَعاني التي طَواها فُؤادي

والمَعاني التي طَواها فُؤادي

قسَماً هزَّ من فُؤادي قسْمَا

قسَماً هزَّ من فُؤادي قسْمَا

By the meanings that my heart enfolded,

And the meanings my heart contained

I swear an oath that shook a part of my heart:

Made a vow that shook a vow from my heart

ما سمعْتُ الواشي ولا عذلَ خِبٍّ

ما سمعْتُ الواشي ولا عذلَ خِبٍّ

راحَ يروي عنِّي العَجائِبَ ظُلْمَا

راحَ يروي عنِّي العَجائِبَ ظُلْمَا

I heeded neither the slanderer nor the rebuke of a schemer

I did not hear the slanderer or the reproach of a villain

Who went on unjustly telling strange tales about me.

Who went around relating strange lies about me unjustly

وقطعْتُ الزَّمانَ بالصِّدقِ فيهم

وقطعْتُ الزَّمانَ بالصِّدقِ فيهم

وقطعْتُ الفُؤادَ عمَّا وعَمَّا

وقطعْتُ الفُؤادَ عمَّا وعَمَّا

And I spent my time in sincerity toward them,

And I was sincere with them for a period of time

And severed my heart from this and that.

And I was sincere with myself for a period of time

وبوَجْدي مزَّقتُ سِترَ اللَّيالي

وبوَجْدي مزَّقتُ سِترَ اللَّيالي

وشققْتُ الأَيَّامَ يوْماً فيوْمَا

وشققْتُ الأَيَّامَ يوْماً فيوْمَا

And with my ecstasy I tore the veil of the nights,

With my love I tore up the veil of the nights

And rent the days, day after day.

And split the days one day after another

وارتَدَيْتُ الخُشوعَ مِرْطا وسِرِّي

وارتَدَيْتُ الخُشوعَ مِرْطا وسِرِّي

أَمَّهم وارْتَدى التَّذَلُّلَ ثَما

أَمَّهم وارْتَدى التَّذَلُّلَ ثَما

And I donned reverence as a cloak, while my secret

And I wore humility as a garment and my secret

Sought them out and donned humility there.

Was their mother while humility wore me as a garment

علَّموني عِلمَ الخُضوعِ لديهمْ

علَّموني عِلمَ الخُضوعِ لديهمْ

ربِّ زِدْني بسيرَةِ الحِبِّ عِلمَا

ربِّ زِدْني بسيرَةِ الحِبِّ عِلمَا

They taught me the knowledge of submission before them;

They taught me the knowledge of humility with them

My Lord, increase my knowledge of the beloved's way.

My Lord, increase me in the path of love with knowledge