مذهبي حبُّ رشا ذي جسدٍ مُذهَّبِ

مذهبي حبُّ رشا ذي جسدٍ مُذهَّبِ

قَدْ حُبي حسناً بهِ يستعذبُ القدحَ بي

قَدْ حُبي حسناً بهِ يستعذبُ القدحَ بي

My creed is love of a fawn with a gilded body.

My doctrine is love of a graceful body doctrined

He has been endowed with beauty, through which he finds disparaging me sweet.

I've loved a beauty with which the cup is sweetened

عاذلاً ما أنتَ في لومِكَ لي عادلا

عاذلاً ما أنتَ في لومِكَ لي عادلا

سائلا يخبركَ دمعٌ قدْ همى سائلا

سائلا يخبركَ دمعٌ قدْ همى سائلا

O reproacher, you are not just in your blame of me.

Reproaching, you're not just in blaming me, reproaching

O questioner, a tear that has poured down in a stream will tell you.

A questioner, a weeping tear has made him question

آه لا تعذل فما قلبي بذا آهلا

آه لا تعذل فما قلبي بذا آهلا

منصبي والعقلُ أذهبْتهُما مِنْ صبي

منصبي والعقلُ أذهبْتهُما مِنْ صبي

Ah, do not reproach me; my heart is not equal to this.

Ah, do not blame me, for my heart is not to blame, ah

My standing and my reason—I have lost them both because of a boy.

My purpose and reason, infatuation has erased them

ما رُبي إلاّ وقدْ ربي فيهِ ما ربي

ما رُبي إلاّ وقدْ ربي فيهِ ما ربي

رقَّ ما في خدِّهِ الورديِّ قدْ رقما

رقَّ ما في خدِّهِ الورديِّ قدْ رقما

He was scarcely reared before what grew within him had flourished.

I am not brought up but brought up in me what I'm brought up

Delicate was what had been traced upon his rosy cheek.

Softened what's on his rosy cheek has softened

عندما رأيتُ دمعي قدْ حكى عندما

عندما رأيتُ دمعي قدْ حكى عندما

ضرَّما في مهجتي مِنْ هجرِهِ ضرَّما

ضرَّما في مهجتي مِنْ هجرِهِ ضرَّما

When I saw that my tears already resembled blood-red dye,

When I saw my tear has narrated when

What he kindled in my soul through his forsaking caused pain.

Pained in my bowels from his estrangement pained

منْ أبي يأبى الرضى نلتُ الجفا من أبي

منْ أبي يأبى الرضى نلتُ الجفا من أبي

فارعَ بي رضاهُ يا قلبُ تهْ وارعبِ

فارعَ بي رضاهُ يا قلبُ تهْ وارعبِ

From a proud one who refuses approval, I received harshness—from my father.

From my father who refuses consent, I got estrangement from my father

So heed his approval for my sake, O heart; wander and tremble.

So please him with his consent, O heart, and please

من صَلَى لي فخَّهُ بل قدْ نضا منصلا

من صَلَى لي فخَّهُ بل قدْ نضا منصلا

أو لا ملازم آخره أولا

أو لا ملازم آخره أولا

The one who set his snare for me has, rather, unsheathed a blade.

Whoever prays for me, but he prayed estranging

Or not—his end is bound to the beginning [wording unclear].

Or no bosom friend, end what was begun

بلبلا فؤادُ مضناهُ بلى بل بلا

بلبلا فؤادُ مضناهُ بلى بل بلا

فانْهَ بي غيري ولذاتِ الغرامِ انهَبِ

فانْهَ بي غيري ولذاتِ الغرامِ انهَبِ

He bewildered the heart of the one he wasted away—yes, rather, he afflicted it.

Nightingale, his suffering heart, yes, nightingale, pain

So make me a warning to others, and plunder the delights of passion.

For with me is another, and for the pleasures of passion, with me

وَالْهَ بي عن عذل بل يا حشاي الهبي

وَالْهَ بي عن عذل بل يا حشاي الهبي

ما نسي طيبَ زمانِ الوصل فيَّ ما نسي

ما نسي طيبَ زمانِ الوصل فيَّ ما نسي

And with me turn away from reproach; rather, O my innermost heart, blaze!

And the woe is me from blame, rather, O my companions, woe

The sweetness of union's days has not been forgotten within me—not forgotten.

Not forgetting the fragrance of the days of union in me not forgetting

والمسي رقيبنا بالكف لم ألمس

والمسي رقيبنا بالكف لم ألمس

جانسي حربي فألفى كلما جانسي

جانسي حربي فألفى كلما جانسي

And touch our watcher with the palm; I did not touch him.

And the toucher our watcher with the palm I have not touched

Match my war; he found [it] whenever he matched me [reading uncertain].

My companion, my war so I found whenever my companion

وارْقَ بي يا طرفُ سهداً والنجومَ ارقبِ

وارْقَ بي يا طرفُ سهداً والنجومَ ارقبِ

واشن بي مَنْ لم يهمْ في ثغرِ أشنبِ

واشن بي مَنْ لم يهمْ في ثغرِ أشنبِ

And rise with me, O eye, in sleeplessness, and watch the stars.

And shed tears for me, O eyelid, shedding and the stars, shed

A slanderer against me is whoever has not been enamored of a mouth with pearly teeth.

And arouse in me, who did not care for my lip, arouse