1. أصبَحَ القلْبُ بالبِعادِ عَليلا

    إذ نأَيْنا وما شَفَيْنا غَلِيلا

    The heart has grown sick with separation,

    when we parted and did not quench our burning thirst.

  2. جيرَةَ الحيّ هلْ علمْتُم بأنّي

    لا أذوقُ المَنامَ إلا قَليلا

    O neighbors of the encampment, do you know that I

    taste only a little sleep?

  3. دونَكُمْ قلبيَ المَشوقَ فحُلّوا

    طَللاً منْهُ بالبعادِ مُحيلا

    Take my yearning heart, and dwell

    in its ruin, left desolate by separation.

  4. آهِ لوْ لمْ تُضيّعوهُ لكنْتُم

    قدْ وجَدتُمْ مُعَرَّساً ومَقيلا

    Ah, had you not neglected it, you would

    have found a night's lodging and a noonday resting place.

  5. أيُّها العاذِلونَ كُفّوا فإنّي

    لمْ أجِدْ للسُّلُوّ عنهُمْ سَبيلا

    O reproachers, desist, for I

    have found no way to forget them.

  6. لا وشرْعِ الغَرامِ ما رُمْتُ يوماً

    عن مَغانيَ الجَمالِ صبْراً جَميلا

    No, by passion's law, never have I sought

    graceful patience apart from beauty's haunts.

  7. يا نسيمَ الصّبا أزِلْ عن فؤادِي

    خلَل الوَجْد نتّخِذْكَ خَليلا

    O breeze of the east, lift from my heart

    passion's turmoil, and we shall take you as a close friend.

  8. وتحمّل رسالةً من مَشوقٍ

    تُلفِ فيها البَيانَ والتحْصيلا

    And carry a message from a yearning lover;

    you will find in it clarity and thorough exposition.

  9. إنّ وصْفَ الجَمال يعجِزُ عنهُ

    من يرومُ الإجْمالَ والتّفْصيلا

    Indeed, describing beauty is beyond

    anyone who attempts a summary and a detailed account.

  10. والتي هِمْتُ في حُلاها غَراماً

    بعُدَتْ مأخَذاً وعزّتْ قَبيلا

    And she whose charms have left me mad with love

    is far beyond reach and exalted in lineage.

  11. ظَبْيَةٌ أصْبحَ الفؤادُ رَهيناً

    عنْدَها ما ابتَغَى سِواها بَديلا

    A gazelle: the heart has become a captive

    in her keeping; it has sought no other in her place.

  12. آه يا ربّةَ الجَمالِ أمالِي

    أن أرَى الدّهْرَ للوصالِ مُنيلا

    Ah, mistress of beauty, my hopes are

    to see time bestow reunion.

  13. إنّما أنتِ للمَحاسنِ روْضٌ

    حين تُبْدي قدّاً وخدّاً أسيلا

    You are but a garden of beauties

    when you reveal your figure and a smooth cheek.

  14. وانعِطافُ الغُصونِ يُرْجَى وما إنْ

    يمنَعُ الروْضُ غُصْنَهُ أن يَميلا

    And the boughs' bending is hoped for; never

    does the garden forbid its branch to incline.

  15. لو أعَرْتِ القَبولَ عَرْفاً وطيباً

    لمْ يهُبَّ النّسيمُ إلا بَليلا

    If you lent the east wind fragrance and perfume,

    the breeze would blow only cool and moist.

  16. ولوِ الوَجْهُ مِنكِ أُطْلِعَ لَيْلاً

    لاتّخَذْناهُ هادياً ودَليلا

    And if your face were revealed at night,

    we would take it as a guide and a guiding sign.

  17. أنتِ لولاكِ ما كَلِفْنا ولوْلا

    ناصرُ الدّينِ ما اهْتَديْنا سَبيلا

    You—without you, we would not have fallen in love; and without

    Nasir al-Din, we would have found no path.

  18. عثَر الدّهرُ دونَ قَصْدٍ فلوْلا

    ناصِرُ الدّين ما وجَدْنا مُقيلا

    Time stumbled unwittingly; so, were it not for

    Nasir al-Din, we would have found no one to lift us up.

  19. ضلّ قَصْدَ الصّوابِ والرّشْدِ مَن لمْ

    يتّخِذْ منْ عُلاهُ ظِلّاً ظَليلا

    He has strayed from the path of right judgment and guidance who has not

    taken refuge in the deep shade of his lofty glory.

  20. لصِحابِ النّبيّ يُنْمى فأكْرِمْ

    بهِمُ أسرَةً وأعظِمْ قَبيلا

    His lineage is traced to the Prophet's Companions—how noble

    they are as a family, and how great as a clan!

  21. كُل منْ شاءَ وصْفَهُم وحُلاهُمْ

    وعُلاهُمْ فلْيَقرأ التّنْزيلا

    Everyone who desires an account of them and their graces

    and their lofty merits, let him read the Revelation.

  22. جادَ قبْل السّؤال حتى ظننّا

    أنّنا ليْسَ نعرِفُ التّأمِيلا

    He gave generously before being asked, until we thought

    that we knew nothing of hopeful expectation.

  23. ليْتَني دائِماً أطَلْتُ لدَيْهِ

    حيثُ يُلْقي نِعالَهُ التّقبيلا

    Would that I could always prolong before him

    my kisses where he lays down his sandals.

  24. للعِدَى قد أعدّ رُمْحاً طويلاً

    وجَواداً وَرْداً وسيْفاً صَقيلا

    For his foes he has readied a long spear,

    and a rose-red steed and a burnished sword;

  25. ولِقصّادِه جَناباً مَريعاً

    ومُحيّاً سمْحاً ورفداً جَزيلا

    and for those who seek him, a fertile domain,

    and a gracious countenance and lavish bounty.

  26. وعَدوُّ الإسْلامِ خابَ فأمْسَى

    خاسِراً لمْ ينَلْ مُناهُ ذَليلا

    And the enemy of Islam failed, so he ended up

    a loser, his wishes unfulfilled, humiliated.

  27. والتي حلّ سوفَ يرْجِعُ عنها

    جيْشُهُ الأخسَرُ اللّئيمُ فَليلا

    And from the place where he encamped will retreat

    his utterly worsted, ignoble army, shattered.

  28. هو فالٌ والسّعْدُ ينطِقُ عنْهُ

    إنّ ما قيلَ منهُ أصْدقُ قِيلا

    It is a good omen, and good fortune speaks for it;

    indeed, what it utters is the truest speech.

  29. والذي قدّرَ الأمورَ كما قدْ

    شاءَ في الخلقِ قادِرٌ أن يُنيلا

    And He who ordained affairs just as

    He willed in creation has the power to give.

  30. دُمْتَ للدّينِ والخلائقُ تدْعو

    لكَ بالنّصْرِ بكْرَةً وأصيلا

    May you endure for the faith, while all creatures pray

    for your victory, morning and evening.