أيا مَن حبُّه نُسكُ

أيا مَن حبُّه نُسكُ

ومَن قلبي له ملكُ

ومَن قلبي له ملكُ

O you, love for whom is worship,

Oh you who is worshipped through love

and you, to whom my heart belongs,

And who reigns in my heart

ومَن قلتُ لعُذّالي

ومَن قلتُ لعُذّالي

وزَرعُ العَذلِ لا يزكو

وزَرعُ العَذلِ لا يزكو

and you, of whom I said to my reproachers—

I have said to my blamers

though the crop of reproach does not flourish—

The plantation of blame does not thrive

رأيتُم قَبلَ مُختصٍّ

رأيتُم قَبلَ مُختصٍّ

غزالاً كلّه مِسكُ

غزالاً كلّه مِسكُ

“Had you ever seen, before Mukhtass,

Have you seen before a beloved one

a gazelle that is all musk?”

A gazelle all musk

ترفَّق بي أو اقتلني

ترفَّق بي أو اقتلني

فإنّي منكَ لا أشكو

فإنّي منكَ لا أشكو

Be gentle with me, or kill me,

Have mercy on me or kill me

for I do not complain of you.

For from you I have no complaints