1. قَدْكِ البِعادُ فهل إليك سبيلُ

    يا دارنا أم هل إليك وصولُ

    Enough of separation! Is there a way to you?

    O our home—or is there any reaching you?

  2. طَلَّت دمي تلك الطلول ولا تسل

    فدمي الذي بطلولها مطلول

    Those ruins spilled my blood with impunity; do not ask,

    For my blood amid its ruins remains unavenged.

  3. لا فضل لي والحب شيمته الوفا

    والحب عنه محبُّه مبذول

    No merit is mine, when love's nature is fidelity,

    And for love its lover is freely offered up.

  4. فالروض يُهجا نَورُه إن لم ينر

    وثراه ممطورٌ وهوْ ممطول

    So the garden's bloom is disparaged if it does not shine,

    Though its soil is rained upon, it is kept waiting for its due.

  5. ما فضلُ صيِّبِ مزنةٍ لا تَرتوي

    منه الرياض وذيلُه مبلول

    What merit has a raincloud's downpour, if it does not slake

    The gardens' thirst, though its hem is wet?

  6. سَقياً لمن لا ينثني عن حبه

    في النائبات وسيفها مسلول

    May rain bless whoever does not turn from his love

    In calamities, when their sword is drawn.

  7. بُعداً لخلٍّ مائقٍ متمايلٍ

    مع كل ريحٍ يستميل يميل

    Away with a foolish, wavering friend,

    Who sways with every wind that would sway him.

  8. شَرطُ المحب ثباته في موقفٍ

    فيه لوقع المشرفيِّ صليل

    A lover must stand steadfast in a place

    Where the Mashrafi sword's stroke rings out.

  9. ما كان مشتاقاً فتىً متكلِّفٌ

    في شوقه وبودِّه تبديل

    No youth is truly yearning who makes a show

    Of his longing, while his affection changes.

  10. حسبُ الغرام كما علمت حشاشةٌ

    حرَّى وقلبٌ بالهوى متبول

    Passion needs only, as you know, a remnant of life

    Burning hot, and a heart laid low by love.

  11. إن أشغل الحسادُ عنك قلوبَهم

    فبك الفؤاد على المدى مشغول

    If the envious distract their hearts from you,

    Then my heart is occupied with you forever.

  12. أحببتُ دينَ اللَه في سكَّانكِ ال

    أطهار يا مَغنىً به التأميل

    I have loved God's faith in your inhabitants, the

    Pure ones, O abode in which hope is placed.

  13. أنتِ السماء مقرُّ كل موفقٍ

    من ربه وبسيره تفضيل

    You are heaven, the abode of everyone favored

    By his Lord, and distinguished by his conduct.

  14. فكأن نفسي في اشتياقك أنفسٌ

    وكأن عقلي في حماك عقول

    It is as though my soul, in longing for you, were many souls,

    And as though my mind, in your sanctuary, were many minds.

  15. كلي بِها في اللَه شيءٌ واحدٌ

    فكأنني من تُربها مجبول

    My whole being, within it, is one in God,

    As though I were molded from its soil.

  16. يا ساكني لبنان دونَكم امرَءاً

    ما زال ينشد فيكم ويقول

    O dwellers of Lebanon, receive a man

    Who keeps chanting of you and saying:

  17. إن الخيام كما علمت خيامُهم

    لكن لها في النازحين ضليل

    The tents, as you know, are their tents,

    But for them, among the departed, one wanders lost.

  18. قفل الخليطُ وليس قلبي قافلاً

    عنكم وإني في الرحال قفول

    The company has returned home, but my heart does not return

    Away from you, though amid the encampments I am homeward-bound.

  19. قد أقفرت مني الطلول وحقكم

    ما أقفرت مني رُباً وطلول

    The ruins have been emptied of me; by your honor,

    No hills or ruins have been emptied of me.

  20. لكن لي قلباً إليكم شيقاً

    أبداً وطرفي بالرضا مكحول

    Yet I have a heart that yearns toward you

    Forever, and my eye is lined with the kohl of contentment.

  21. فالعين إن رمقت وإن دفقت معاً

    فبنَقدها كرُمت لدي أصول

    So when the eye both gazes and sheds tears,

    Through its ready payment, roots grow precious to me.

  22. ما حل ركبي في الرحال معرِّساً

    إلّا ولي في القاطنين حلول

    My caravan never halted in the camps for a night's rest

    Without my also abiding among those who stayed.

  23. عذَل العذولُ بكم ولم يك عالماً

    أني لديه عاذلٌ معذول

    The reproacher reproached me over you, unaware

    That before him I was both reproacher and reproached.

  24. أوسعتُه عتباً فقال موارباً

    أنا عاذلٌ وجنابكم معذول

    I lavished reproach upon him, and he said evasively:

    I am the reproacher; your honored self is reproached.

  25. إن السماء ديارهم لكنني اس

    تسقيته ولشرحه تأويل

    Heaven is their abode, but I sought

    Rain from him; his explanation admits interpretation.

  26. دعه ولذ بحمى البتولة مريمٍ

    مستعصماً فملاذها المأمول

    Leave him, and take refuge in the sanctuary of the Virgin Mary,

    Seeking protection, for her refuge is what is hoped for.

  27. إن الذي أضحى ومريم رشده

    لم يغوه الشيطان وهي دليل

    Indeed, whoever comes to have Mary as his guidance,

    Satan has not led him astray, while she is his guide.

  28. ترتد عن محميها أيدي العدا

    ويفر عن مثواه ساطانيل

    The enemies' hands recoil from the one she protects,

    And Sataniel flees from his abode.

  29. أيصد عن مولاه عبدٌ مُقترٌ

    أغناه سيده وهوْ مخذول

    Would an impoverished servant turn from his master—

    One whom his lord enriched when he was forsaken?

  30. أنتِ التي موضوع كل محبةٍ

    يا ليتني في حبها محمول

    You are she who is the object of every love;

    Oh, would that I were borne in love for her!

  31. يا دمية القصر التي أُعني بها ال

    راؤون والراوون وهي بتول

    O image of the palace, with whom the

    Beholders and narrators were engrossed, while she is a virgin.

  32. يا درة الغواص لما غاص في

    بحر الخلاص إلهُنا المعقول

    O pearl of the diver, when he plunged into

    The sea of salvation—our God, apprehended by reason.

  33. يا مَنَّ إسرائيل يحوي ذوقُه

    كلَّ الفضائل إنه لَفضيل

    O manna of Israel, whose taste contains

    Every virtue; indeed, it is truly excellent.

  34. يا منبر سْلَيمان والأُسدُ التي

    من جانبيه مبشِّرٌ ورسول

    O Solomon's pulpit, with the lions that

    Stand at its two sides—an evangelist and an apostle.

  35. يا قبة الميثاق أنت صلحُنا

    مع ربنا والشرحُ فيك يطول

    O tabernacle of the covenant, you are our reconciliation

    With our Lord; an account of you would be long.

  36. يا مَقدس الأقداس فيك أعظمُ ال

    أحبارِ حلَّ وبابُه مقفول

    O Holy of Holies, within you the greatest of the

    Priests has dwelt, while its door is locked.

  37. يا مذبحاً فيه البَخور وتحته

    ظهرت نفوس الأصفياء تقول

    O altar with incense, beneath which

    The souls of the chosen appeared, saying:

  38. حتام يا ديّان لا تقضي لنا

    من ظالمٍ إن الظلوم جهول

    How long, O Judge, will you not grant us justice

    Against an oppressor? Truly, the unjust is ignorant.

  39. يا عرش ذات اللَه في جلواته

    إن الجليل مقرُّه لَجليل

    O throne of God's essence in His manifestations,

    Indeed, the Majestic One's abode is truly majestic.

  40. يا من ولدت لأجلنا حَمَلاً أتى

    لفدائنا حيناً وهوْ مقتول

    O you who bore for us a Lamb that came

    To ransom us at a time when he was slain.

  41. يا آيةً كبرى رأى تمثالها

    فيها الرسول الحق وهو ذَهول

    O great sign, whose likeness was seen

    In her by the true apostle, who was astonished.

  42. شمسٌ تظللُها وتعلو رجلُها

    قمراً كواكبُه لها إكليل

    A sun shades her, and her foot rises above

    A moon; its stars are her crown.

  43. يا علة الخيرات هل حظِّي بها

    يوم الجزا بمقامكِ معلول

    O cause of good things, is my share in them

    On the day of recompense a result of your station?

  44. هذا رجائي والجزاء مؤخِّري

    عنه ولكن عفوك المدلول

    This is my hope, but recompense keeps me back

    From it; yet your pardon is what is indicated.

  45. حسبي بقربك نعمةً أبقيتُها

    قَدْكِ البعادُ فهل إليك سبيل

    Nearness to you suffices me—a blessing I have kept.

    Enough of separation! Is there a way to you?