صِل قاصِداً قَد أَمَّ لك

صِل قاصِداً قَد أَمَّ لك

إِذ لَم تَجِد فَتى حُر

إِذ لَم تَجِد فَتى حُر

Grant union to a seeker who has come to you,

Come purposefully, as fate has come to serve you,

Since you have found no noble young man.

Since you did not find a free man,

فَأَنتَ عِقدٌ مُثمَنُ

فَأَنتَ عِقدٌ مُثمَنُ

لَم تَفتَقِر لواسطة

لَم تَفتَقِر لواسطة

For you are a precious necklace,

So you are a precious jewel,

With no need of a central jewel.

You did not need a mediator.

وَأَنتَ شكل حسنُ

وَأَنتَ شكل حسنُ

وَالجودُ فيك ضابطة

وَالجودُ فيك ضابطة

And you are a beautiful form,

And you are a beautiful figure,

And generosity is your governing rule.

And generosity in you is inherent.

فَلا تَقُل يا مُحسِنُ

فَلا تَقُل يا مُحسِنُ

هَذا الثنا مغالطة

هَذا الثنا مغالطة

So do not say, O benefactor,

So do not say, O benefactor,

'This praise is sophistry.'

This praise is an exaggeration.

فالوَصف لَن يمثلك

فالوَصف لَن يمثلك

لكل صَبّ يَشعُر

لكل صَبّ يَشعُر

For description will not portray you

For the description will not represent you,

To every lovesick soul who feels.

Every young man feels,

بِالطَيف قَد وَعَدتَني

بِالطَيف قَد وَعَدتَني

كَيفَ وَطَرفي ما هَجَع

كَيفَ وَطَرفي ما هَجَع

You promised me a dream-phantom.

The phantom you promised me,

How, when my eye has not slept?

How, while my eyes did not sleep,

وَسارَ مُذ فارَقتَني

وَسارَ مُذ فارَقتَني

وَراكَ قَلبي فاِنقطَع

وَراكَ قَلبي فاِنقطَع

And since you left me, it journeyed—

And it left since you left me,

My heart, behind you—until it could go no farther.

And after you my heart broke off.

فاِرحَمهُ فَهوَ قَد فَني

فاِرحَمهُ فَهوَ قَد فَني

واِنظُر له فيما صَنَع

واِنظُر له فيما صَنَع

So have mercy on it, for it has wasted away.

So have mercy on it, for it is exhausted,

And look kindly upon it for what it has done.

And look after it for what it made.

فَإِنَّه فيك هلَك

فَإِنَّه فيك هلَك

وَمَسَّهُ منك الضُر

وَمَسَّهُ منك الضُر

For indeed it has perished for love of you,

For through you it perished,

And harm from you has touched it.

And was touched by your harm.

جُنِنتُ مِن يَوم النوى

جُنِنتُ مِن يَوم النوى

فاِرحَم سلمتَ مَصرَعي

فاِرحَم سلمتَ مَصرَعي

I went mad from the day of separation;

I went mad from the day of passion,

So pity my downfall—may you be safe.

So have mercy, you who completed my death,

وَبانَ مَكتومُ الهَوى

وَبانَ مَكتومُ الهَوى

مذ بَلَّ جَيبي مَدمَعي

مذ بَلَّ جَيبي مَدمَعي

And my concealed love was revealed

And the hidden love manifested,

Since my tears soaked the bosom of my robe.

Since the tear wet my pocket,

وَلَيسَ لي عَيشٌ سِوى

وَلَيسَ لي عَيشٌ سِوى

إِن مَرَّ مَحبوبي مَعي

إِن مَرَّ مَحبوبي مَعي

And I have no life except

And I have no life,

If my beloved passes along with me.

Unless my beloved passes by me.

يا قَمَري قَلبي فَلَك

يا قَمَري قَلبي فَلَك

سِر فيهِ فَهوَ قَد سُر

سِر فيهِ فَهوَ قَد سُر

O my moon, my heart is a celestial sphere.

O my moon, my heart is yours,

Move within it, for it has been gladdened.

Travel in it, for it is fascinated.

واِطوِ مَسافَة السفر

واِطوِ مَسافَة السفر

يا بَدرُ أَنعِم بِاللقا

يا بَدرُ أَنعِم بِاللقا

And fold up the distance of the journey.

And cover the distance of the journey,

O full moon, favor me with a meeting.

O full moon, bestow the meeting generously,

وَاِعدِل إِلي يا قَمَر

وَاِعدِل إِلي يا قَمَر

وَفيَّ إِنّي في شقا

وَفيَّ إِنّي في شقا

And turn toward me, O moon,

And come to me, O moon.

And within me—indeed, I am in misery.

And grant me, for I am in misery,

وَقُلتُ لما أَن خطَر

وَقُلتُ لما أَن خطَر

بِاللَه يا غُصنَ النَقا

بِاللَه يا غُصنَ النَقا

And I said, when he passed,

And I said when it occurred

'By God, O bough of the sand dune,

to me, by Allah O branch of softness,

سُبحان رَبٍّ عَدَّلَك

سُبحان رَبٍّ عَدَّلَك

قِف لي قَليلاً اِنظُر

قِف لي قَليلاً اِنظُر

Glory to the Lord who fashioned you in due proportion!

Glory be to the Lord who perfected you.

Pause a little for me; look.'

Stop for me for a while, look

وَشادنٍ من الخَطا

وَشادنٍ من الخَطا

يَقتلُني بِالعَمدِ

يَقتلُني بِالعَمدِ

And a young gazelle from Khata

And beware of mistakes.

Kills me deliberately.

It kills me intentionally,

زارَ فقلت إِذ سَطا

زارَ فقلت إِذ سَطا

بِصارِم كالهندي

بِصارِم كالهندي

He visited, and I said when he attacked

With an Indian sword.

With a sharp blade like an Indian sword:

Come and make a condition,

واصِل وَكُن مشترطاً

واصِل وَكُن مشترطاً

ما شئت فَهوَ عِندي

ما شئت فَهوَ عِندي

'Grant me union, and stipulate

Whatever you want is mine.

Whatever you wish, for I have it.'

He said give me gold and pearls for you,

قالَ هات ذَهَب وَدورُ لَك

قالَ هات ذَهَب وَدورُ لَك

فَقُلتُ لَو تَخشى در

فَقُلتُ لَو تَخشى در

He said, 'Bring gold, and houses are yours.'

So I said, if you fear harm...

Then I said, 'If you fear, turn' [wording uncertain].