بروحي بدوراً بالحمى قد عهدتها

بروحي بدوراً بالحمى قد عهدتها

وأيام انس بالصفا راق وقتها

وأيام انس بالصفا راق وقتها

With my soul I would ransom the full moons I once knew in the sanctuary,

With feverish spirit have I become accustomed

and days of companionship whose hours were sweet with serenity.

To days of intimacy, serene was its time

فباللَه دعني والبكا ان ذكرتها

فباللَه دعني والبكا ان ذكرتها

أيا لائمي في عبرة قد سفحتها

أيا لائمي في عبرة قد سفحتها

So, by God, let me weep if I recall them.

So by God leave me be, and weep not

O you who blame me for a tear I have shed

If it is mentioned, O you who blame me for tears I have shed

لبينٍ واخرى قبلها للتجنبِ

لبينٍ واخرى قبلها للتجنبِ

over parting, and another before it over estrangement:

For one love and another before it, for avoidance

For those are my duties in love, and my way

فتلك فروضي بالغرام وسنتي

فتلك فروضي بالغرام وسنتي

واعظم اجري ان الاقي منيَّتي

واعظم اجري ان الاقي منيَّتي

Such are my prescribed duties in love, and my customary practice;

And my greatest reward is that I attain my wish

and my greatest reward is to meet my death.

So how, when this is the state of my passion and ardour

فكيف وهذا شان وجدي وصبوتي

فكيف وهذا شان وجدي وصبوتي

تحاول مني شيمة غير شيمتي

تحاول مني شيمة غير شيمتي

So how, when this is the nature of my passion and yearning,

Would you try to extract from me an attribute other than my attribute

can you seek from me a disposition other than my own,

And demand from me a creed other than my creed

وتطلب مني مذهباً غير مذهبي

وتطلب مني مذهباً غير مذهبي

and ask of me a path other than mine?