مَتِّع جُفُوني بِذاكَ المَنظَرِ الحَسَنِ

مَتِّع جُفُوني بِذاكَ المَنظَرِ الحَسَنِ

وَاستَبِقِ رُوحي فَإِنَّ الجِسمَ فِيكَ فَنِي

وَاستَبِقِ رُوحي فَإِنَّ الجِسمَ فِيكَ فَنِي

Delight my eyelids with that beautiful sight.

Delight my eyes with that beautiful sight,

And preserve my soul, for my body has perished for you.

And let my soul outpace, for my body is ephemeral in you.

حَنَّت لِلُقياكَ نَفسِي يا مُعَذِّبَها

حَنَّت لِلُقياكَ نَفسِي يا مُعَذِّبَها

وَاستَعذَبَت فِيكَ ما تَلقى مِنَ المِحَنِ

وَاستَعذَبَت فِيكَ ما تَلقى مِنَ المِحَنِ

My soul yearned to meet you, O you who torment it,

My self longed for you, oh its tormentor,

And found sweet the trials it suffers for you.

And found your tribulations sweet.

مَولايَ عَلّل عَليلاً أَنتَ مُمرِضُهُ

مَولايَ عَلّل عَليلاً أَنتَ مُمرِضُهُ

وَارفُق بِقَلبٍ بِهِ سُكناكَ يا سَكَني

وَارفُق بِقَلبٍ بِهِ سُكناكَ يا سَكَني

My lord, soothe a sick man whom you have made ill,

My Master, heal this ailing one, for you are its physician,

And be gentle with a heart where you dwell, O my solace.

And be gentle with a heart that finds peace in you, oh my peace.

دِينِي وَدُنيايَ في مَرآكَ قَد جُمِعا

دِينِي وَدُنيايَ في مَرآكَ قَد جُمِعا

يا مَن تَجمَّعَ مِن بَدرٍ وَمِن غُصُنِ

يا مَن تَجمَّعَ مِن بَدرٍ وَمِن غُصُنِ

My faith and my worldly life have been united in beholding you,

My religion and my worldly life are combined in your reflection.

O you composed of a full moon and a bough.

Oh you who combines the full moon and the tender branch.

أَقبِل بِوَجهِكَ وَاقبَل مُهجَتِي ثَمَناً

أَقبِل بِوَجهِكَ وَاقبَل مُهجَتِي ثَمَناً

ما لِلوصالِ سِوى الأَرواحِ مِن ثَمَنِ

ما لِلوصالِ سِوى الأَرواحِ مِن ثَمَنِ

Turn your face toward me and accept my lifeblood as the price;

Come with your face, and take my soul as a price,

Union has no price but souls.

For the price of union is nothing but souls.

بِما بِعينَيكَ مِن سِحرٍ قَتَلتَ بِهِ

بِما بِعينَيكَ مِن سِحرٍ قَتَلتَ بِهِ

لُبّى وَمِن سَقَمٍ أَورَثتَهُ بَدَني

لُبّى وَمِن سَقَمٍ أَورَثتَهُ بَدَني

By the magic in your eyes, with which you slew

With the magic in your eyes that killed my determination,

My reason, and the sickness you bequeathed my body,

And left my body sick.

نَعّم بِوَجهِكَ مُشتاقاً لِرُؤيَتِهِ

نَعّم بِوَجهِكَ مُشتاقاً لِرُؤيَتِهِ

يا مَن تَنَعَّمتُ فيهِ حينَ عَذَّبَني

يا مَن تَنَعَّمتُ فيهِ حينَ عَذَّبَني

Gladden with your face one who longs to behold it,

I craved your face eagerly, oh you who tormented me,

O you in whom I delighted when you tormented me.

Yet I delighted in you when you tortured me.

يا مَن إِذا لَمَحَتهُ مُقلَتي قَدَحَت

يا مَن إِذا لَمَحَتهُ مُقلَتي قَدَحَت

ناراً تُنِيرُ بِخَدَّيهِ وَتُحرِقُني

ناراً تُنِيرُ بِخَدَّيهِ وَتُحرِقُني

O you—when my eye glimpses you, it kindles

When my eyelids caught a glimpse of you, they ignited

A fire that glows upon your cheeks and burns me.

A fire that illuminates my cheeks and burns me.

عِطفاكَ تُطمِعُ في عَطفٍ وَقَلبُكَ لي

عِطفاكَ تُطمِعُ في عَطفٍ وَقَلبُكَ لي

قاسٍ عَلى ما أُقاسي فيكَ مِن شَجَنِ

قاسٍ عَلى ما أُقاسي فيكَ مِن شَجَنِ

Your flanks make me hope for tenderness, yet your heart toward me

Your tenderness makes me hope for affection, yet your heart is

Is hard, despite the sorrow I suffer for you.

Harsh with what I suffer from yearning in you.

قاسَيتُ بِعدَكَ ما رَقَّ الجَمادُ لَهُ

قاسَيتُ بِعدَكَ ما رَقَّ الجَمادُ لَهُ

فَما لِقَلبِكِ لَم يُشفِق وَلَم يَلِن

فَما لِقَلبِكِ لَم يُشفِق وَلَم يَلِن

I suffered in your absence what softened even lifeless things;

I suffered from your absence what even inanimate objects would be too delicate for,

Why, then, has your heart neither felt pity nor softened?

Yet your heart did not show mercy or soften.

وَقَد وَهَبتُكَ نَفسِي لا أَمُنّ بِها

وَقَد وَهَبتُكَ نَفسِي لا أَمُنّ بِها

فَإِن تَقَبَّلتَ كانَت أَشرَفَ المِنَنِ

فَإِن تَقَبَّلتَ كانَت أَشرَفَ المِنَنِ

And I have given you my soul, without claiming credit for it;

I gave you my soul, not holding it back,

And if you accept it, that will be the noblest of favors.

So if you accept, it will be the noblest of gifts.

بِاللَهِ يا مَن جَفاني سَل جُفونَكَ لِم

بِاللَهِ يا مَن جَفاني سَل جُفونَكَ لِم

قاسَمنَنِي السُقمَ وَاستأثَرنَ بالوَسَنِ

قاسَمنَنِي السُقمَ وَاستأثَرنَ بالوَسَنِ

By God, O you who have shunned me, ask your eyelids why

By God, oh you who were harsh with me, ask your eyelids why

They shared sickness with me, yet kept drowsiness for themselves.

They divided sickness between us and kept the beauty for themselves.

حَسبِي مِنَ الدَينِ وَالدُنيا رِضاك وَمَن

حَسبِي مِنَ الدَينِ وَالدُنيا رِضاك وَمَن

باعَ الوَرى بِكَ لَم يُنسَب إِلى الغَبَنِ

باعَ الوَرى بِكَ لَم يُنسَب إِلى الغَبَنِ

Your favor suffices me in faith and worldly life; and whoever

It satisfies me in religion and life to have your approval. Whoever

Trades all mankind for you is not deemed cheated in the bargain.

Traded the world for you cannot be accused of loss.

بِذِكرِكُم يَأنَسُ المُشتاقُ بَعدَكُمُ

بِذِكرِكُم يَأنَسُ المُشتاقُ بَعدَكُمُ

أُنسَ الغَريب إِلى الأَحبابِ وَالوَطَنِ

أُنسَ الغَريب إِلى الأَحبابِ وَالوَطَنِ

In remembering you, the yearning lover finds solace in your absence,

Your memory comforts the longing lover after you,

As a stranger finds solace in loved ones and homeland.

Like the stranger is comforted toward loved ones and homeland.

يُدرى هَواكَ وَإِن أَخفَيتُهُ وَمَتى

يُدرى هَواكَ وَإِن أَخفَيتُهُ وَمَتى

يَغلِب عَلى السِرِّ شَيءٌ كانَ في العَلَنِ

يَغلِب عَلى السِرِّ شَيءٌ كانَ في العَلَنِ

My love for you is known, though I conceal it; and whenever

Your love is evident even if I hide it. And when

Something overcomes secrecy, it is out in the open.

Can anything overcome what appears openly?