أشاهدُ معنَى حُسْنكُمْ فَيَلَذُّ لي

أشاهدُ معنَى حُسْنكُمْ فَيَلَذُّ لي

خُضُوعي لَدَيْكُمْ في الهوى وتَذَلّلي

خُضُوعي لَدَيْكُمْ في الهوى وتَذَلّلي

I behold the essence of your beauty, so I delight in

I see the meaning of your beauty, so my submission to you in love becomes sweet to me,

My submission before you in love, and my self-abasement.

And I long for the melody that you possess,

وأشتاقُ للمَغْنَى الذي أنْتُمُ بِهِ

وأشتاقُ للمَغْنَى الذي أنْتُمُ بِهِ

وَلَوْلاَكُمُ ما شَاقَنِي ذِكْرُ منْزل

وَلَوْلاَكُمُ ما شَاقَنِي ذِكْرُ منْزل

And I long for the dwelling where you are;

Without you, the thought of an abode would not have tormented me,

And but for you, mention of a dwelling would not make me yearn.

So by Allah, how many nights have I spent

فَلِلَّهِ كم من ليلةٍ قد قَطَعْتُها

فَلِلَّهِ كم من ليلةٍ قد قَطَعْتُها

بِلَذّةِ عيشٍ والرّقِيب بمَعزِل

بِلَذّةِ عيشٍ والرّقِيب بمَعزِل

So, by God, how many a night I have spent

In the pleasure of living, while the watcher was absent,

In the delight of living, with the watcher far away!

Moving my wine cups, while the beloved was my drinking companion,

ونَقْلِي مُدَامي والحَبيبُ مُنادِمي

ونَقْلِي مُدَامي والحَبيبُ مُنادِمي

وأقْداحُ أفْراحِ المَحَبَّةِ تَنْجَلي

وأقْداحُ أفْراحِ المَحَبَّةِ تَنْجَلي

And my relish is my wine, and the beloved my drinking companion;

And the cups of love's joy were passing around,

And the cups of love's joys shine forth.

And I attained my desire, beyond what I had hoped for,

ونِلْتُ مرادي فوق ما كُنْتُ راجياً

ونِلْتُ مرادي فوق ما كُنْتُ راجياً

فوا طَرَبا لو تَمّ هذا ودامَ لي

فوا طَرَبا لو تَمّ هذا ودامَ لي

And I attained my desire beyond what I had hoped for.

So oh what rapture, if this would last for me,

So, oh what rapture, if this were complete and lasted for me!

My critic reproached me, he does not know what love is,

لَحاني عَذُولي ليس يَعْرِف ما الهوَى

لَحاني عَذُولي ليس يَعْرِف ما الهوَى

وأينَ الشجيُّ المُسْتَهامُ مِنَ الخَلي

وأينَ الشجيُّ المُسْتَهامُ مِنَ الخَلي

My reproacher censured me; he does not know what love is.

And where is the ardent lover in isolation from the friend,

And how can one sorrowful and crazed with love compare with the carefree?

So leave me and whoever I love, for my envier has died,

فدَعْنِي ومَن أهوى فقد مات حاسدي

فدَعْنِي ومَن أهوى فقد مات حاسدي

وغابَ رقيبي عند قُرْبِ مُواصِلي

وغابَ رقيبي عند قُرْبِ مُواصِلي

So leave me with the one I love, for my envier has died;

And my watcher has been absent since I drew near my beloved.

And my watcher vanished as the one who joins me drew near.