علمتُم بأني مُغرم بكم صبُّ

علمتُم بأني مُغرم بكم صبُّ

فَعَذَّبتُموني وَالعَذابُ لَكُم عَذبُ

فَعَذَّبتُموني وَالعَذابُ لَكُم عَذبُ

You knew that I was enamored of you, lovesick,

You knew that I was passionate about you, pouring

So you tormented me, and torment is sweet to you.

So you tortured me, though the torture was sweet for you

وَأَلَّفتُمُ بَينَ السُهادِ وَناظِري

وَأَلَّفتُمُ بَينَ السُهادِ وَناظِري

فَلا دَمعَتي تَرقى وَلا زَفرَتي تَحبو

فَلا دَمعَتي تَرقى وَلا زَفرَتي تَحبو

And you joined sleeplessness to my eye,

And you brought sleep to my eyes while I was looking at you

So my tear does not cease, nor does my sigh subside.

So neither my tears would flow, nor my sighs escape

خُذوا في التَجَنّي كَيفَ شِئتُم فَأَنتُم

خُذوا في التَجَنّي كَيفَ شِئتُم فَأَنتُم

أَحِبَّةُ قَلبي لا مَلال وَلا عَتبُ

أَحِبَّةُ قَلبي لا مَلال وَلا عَتبُ

Go on wronging me however you wish, for you are

However you wish to hurt me, go ahead since you

My heart's beloveds—no weariness and no reproach.

Are the darlings of my heart, no blame and no grudge

صُدودُكُمُ وَصلٌ وَسُخطُكُم رِضىً

صُدودُكُمُ وَصلٌ وَسُخطُكُم رِضىً

وَجَورُكُمُ عَدلٌ وَبُعدُكُم قُربُ

وَجَورُكُمُ عَدلٌ وَبُعدُكُم قُربُ

Your turning away is union, and your displeasure is contentment,

Your aloofness is union, your anger is pleasure

And your injustice is justice, and your distance is nearness.

And your injustice is justice, your distance is nearness

لَكُم في فُؤادي مَنزِلٌ مُتَرَفِّعٌ

لَكُم في فُؤادي مَنزِلٌ مُتَرَفِّعٌ

عَلى العَتبِ لَم تَحلُلهُ سُعدى وَلا عَتبُ

عَلى العَتبِ لَم تَحلُلهُ سُعدى وَلا عَتبُ

You have within my heart a dwelling raised

In my heart you have a high position

Above reproach; neither Su'da nor 'Utb has dwelt there.

That no happiness or blame can unsettle

وَلَمّا سَكَنتَ القَلبَ لَم يَبقَ مَوضِعٌ

وَلَمّا سَكَنتَ القَلبَ لَم يَبقَ مَوضِعٌ

بِجِسمِيَ إِلّا وَدَّ لَو أَنَّه قَلبُ

بِجِسمِيَ إِلّا وَدَّ لَو أَنَّه قَلبُ

And when you dwelt in my heart, no part remained

And when you settled in my heart, nowhere was left

In my body that did not wish it were a heart.

In my body except love, as though it itself was a heart

إِذا اِفتَرَّ جادَت بِالمَدامِعِ مقلتي

إِذا اِفتَرَّ جادَت بِالمَدامِعِ مقلتي

كذا عند وَمضِ البرق تَنهَمِلُ السحبً

كذا عند وَمضِ البرق تَنهَمِلُ السحبً

When he smiles, my eye pours forth tears,

When my eyelids flutter, my tears flow profusely

Just so, at lightning's flash, the clouds pour down.

As clouds drizzle when lightning flashes suddenly

مَتى سَهِرَت عَيني لِغَيرِ جَمالِكُم

مَتى سَهِرَت عَيني لِغَيرِ جَمالِكُم

فَلا بَرِحَت عِندي مَدامِعُها سُكبُ

فَلا بَرِحَت عِندي مَدامِعُها سُكبُ

If ever my eye stays awake for anything but your beauty,

Whenever my eyes stay awake for other than your beauty

Then may its tears never stop streaming before me.

They do not stop shedding tears copiously

بِمَن يَطلُبُ الأَنصار قَتلى وَأَنتُم

بِمَن يَطلُبُ الأَنصار قَتلى وَأَنتُم

مَعَ الوَجدِ أَعواناً عَلى قَتلتي حَربُ

مَعَ الوَجدِ أَعواناً عَلى قَتلتي حَربُ

Through whom can my supporters seek redress for my death, when you,

With whom can I seek helpers to kill you while you are

Alongside passion, are foes aiding in my slaying?

Along with passion, helpers in killing me, warfare

عَسى أَوبَةٌ بِالشِعبِ أُعطي بِها المنى

عَسى أَوبَةٌ بِالشِعبِ أُعطي بِها المنى

كَما كانَ قَبلَ ا لبَينِ يَجمَعُنا الشعبُ

كَما كانَ قَبلَ ا لبَينِ يَجمَعُنا الشعبُ

Perhaps a return to the ravine will grant me my wishes,

Maybe an opportunity will come for me to attain my wish

As the ravine brought us together before parting.

As before, the vale would bring us together

وَما ذاتُ فَرخٍ بانَ عَنها فَأَصبَحَت

وَما ذاتُ فَرخٍ بانَ عَنها فَأَصبَحَت

بِذي الأَيكِ ثَكلى دَأبُها النَوحُ وَالنُدبُ

بِذي الأَيكِ ثَكلى دَأبُها النَوحُ وَالنُدبُ

And no mother bird whose chick has left her, leaving her

A mother bird whose fledglings are away from her

Bereaved in the grove, ever wailing and lamenting,

Her occupation becomes weeping and lamenting grievously

بِأَشوَقَ مِن قَلبي إِلَيكُم فَلَيتَني

بِأَشوَقَ مِن قَلبي إِلَيكُم فَلَيتَني

قَضَيتُ أَسىً أَولَيتَ لَم يَكُنِ الحُبُّ

قَضَيتُ أَسىً أَولَيتَ لَم يَكُنِ الحُبُّ

Longs more than my heart longs for you; would that I

With a passion from my heart to you, if only

Had died of grief—or that love had never existed.

I had endured agony or if love had not been

وَبي ظَمَأٌ يَفني الزَمان وَيَنقَضي

وَبي ظَمَأٌ يَفني الزَمان وَيَنقَضي

وَلَيسَ لَهُ يَوماً سِوى حُبِّكُم حَسبُ

وَلَيسَ لَهُ يَوماً سِوى حُبِّكُم حَسبُ

Within me is a thirst: time wastes away and ends,

I have a thirst that destroys time and expires

And nothing but your love will ever suffice for it.

And has no day except love of you as sufficient

وَبي ثَمِلٌ ما ماسَ إِلّا وَأَطرَقَت

وَبي ثَمِلٌ ما ماسَ إِلّا وَأَطرَقَت

حَياءً لَهُ اللُدنُ الذَوابِلُ وَالقُضبُ

حَياءً لَهُ اللُدنُ الذَوابِلُ وَالقُضبُ

And I am taken with a tipsy one who never sways without

And I have become pregnant, so whatever touches me

The supple spears and branches bowing before him in shame.

Bows down in shyness, mounts and caravans

فُؤادي لِرَعيِ العَهدِ في حُبّهِ حِمى

فُؤادي لِرَعيِ العَهدِ في حُبّهِ حِمى

وَلِلوَجدِ وَالداءِ الدَفينِ بِهِ نَهبُ

وَلِلوَجدِ وَالداءِ الدَفينِ بِهِ نَهبُ

My heart is a sanctuary for keeping faith in love for him,

My heart guards the pact in its love as protected land

And prey to yearning and the sickness buried within it.

And for passion and chronic disease in it as prey

إِذا نادَمَتني مُقلَتاهُ وَكاسُهُ

إِذا نادَمَتني مُقلَتاهُ وَكاسُهُ

مَلَكتُ مَكاناً دونَهُ الشَرقُ وَالغَربُ

مَلَكتُ مَكاناً دونَهُ الشَرقُ وَالغَربُ

When his eyes and his cup are my drinking companions,

When his two tearful eyes reproach me and his cup

I hold a station beneath which lie East and West.

I gain a position below which is east and west

يُعاتِبُني وَالذَنبُ في الحُبِّ ذَنبُهُ

يُعاتِبُني وَالذَنبُ في الحُبِّ ذَنبُهُ

فَيَرجِعُ مَغفوراً لَهُ وَلِيَ الذَنبُ

فَيَرجِعُ مَغفوراً لَهُ وَلِيَ الذَنبُ

He reproaches me, though the fault in love is his,

He blames me while the sin in love is his sin

So he returns forgiven, and the blame is mine.

So he returns forgiven while the sin is mine

لَحى اللَهُ قَلباً لا يَهيمُ صَبابَةً

لَحى اللَهُ قَلباً لا يَهيمُ صَبابَةً

وَصَبا إِلى تِلكَ المَنازِلِ لا يَصبو

وَصَبا إِلى تِلكَ المَنازِلِ لا يَصبو

May God curse a heart that does not wander mad with longing,

May Allah preserve a heart that does not madly love

And a lover who does not yearn for those dwellings.

And madly love those dwellings but does not pour towards them

أَلا يا نَسيماً هَبَّ مِن أَرضِ حاجِرٍ

أَلا يا نَسيماً هَبَّ مِن أَرضِ حاجِرٍ

نَشَدنَكَ هَل سِربُ الحِمى ذَلِكَ السربُ

نَشَدنَكَ هَل سِربُ الحِمى ذَلِكَ السربُ

Ah, O breeze that blew from the land of Hajir,

Oh breeze blowing from the land of Hajir

They implored you: is the sanctuary's herd still that same herd?

I implore you - is that flock still that flock

وَهَل شَجراتٌ بِالأَثيلِ أَنيقَةٌ

وَهَل شَجراتٌ بِالأَثيلِ أَنيقَةٌ

يَروحُ وَيَغدو مُستَظِلاً بِها الرَكبُ

يَروحُ وَيَغدو مُستَظِلاً بِها الرَكبُ

And are there lovely trees at al-Athil,

And are there graceful trees in the valley

Under whose shade the caravan travels evening and morning?

That the riding camels relax under and go and return

رَعى اللَهُ حَيّاً بِالمُحَصَّبِ مِن مِنى

رَعى اللَهُ حَيّاً بِالمُحَصَّبِ مِن مِنى

خَلِيَّينِ مِن رَعيِ الذِمامِ وَلا ذَنبُ

خَلِيَّينِ مِن رَعيِ الذِمامِ وَلا ذَنبُ

May God protect a clan at al-Muhassab in Mina,

May Allah protect the living in Muhassab

Unconcerned with honoring bonds, and without blame.

Free of blaming the overseer and no sin

جَفوني وَكانوا واصِلينَ فَاِعرِضوا

جَفوني وَكانوا واصِلينَ فَاِعرِضوا

يَرومونَ مِنّي جانِباً وَهُمُ الصَحبُ

يَرومونَ مِنّي جانِباً وَهُمُ الصَحبُ

They shunned me, though once they kept close, then turned away,

They ignored me though they were my companions

Seeking distance from me, though they are my companions.

Seeking to turn away from me while they are companions

فَلَيتَكُم عُدلٌ وَدَهرِيَ جائِر

فَلَيتَكُم عُدلٌ وَدَهرِيَ جائِر

وَلَيتَكُم سِلمٌ وَكُلَّ الوَرى حَربُ

وَلَيتَكُم سِلمٌ وَكُلَّ الوَرى حَربُ

If only you were just, though my fate were unjust,

If only you were just and my time oppressive

And if only you were at peace with me, though all mankind were at war.

And you were peace while all the people were war